Cinema Display to be used with DVI to ADC Adapter

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Cinema Display to be used with DVI to ADC Adapter

Hello everyone,

I have a 22-inch Apple Cinema Display (clear enclosure) connected to my Mac mini (Mid 2011) through Apple DVI to ADC Adapter.

So far, this configuration has allowed me to get beautiful OS X desktop displayed on my old Cinema Display, though it wasn't perfect.

Pressing the display's power button does not turn off the display nor put my Mac to sleep. Instead, holding the button just makes the power LED brighter than usual.
Two USB ports on the back of the display doesn't seem to work. It does charge my iPod, but any device connected to those ports (including iPod) won't be recognized on my Mac.

Can anybody see what's going on here and help me troubleshoot the issue?

Thanks.

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Posted on May 2, 2012 6:17 AM

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May 2, 2012 9:05 PM in response to thelittledev

Pressing the display's power button does not turn off the display nor put my Mac to sleep. Instead, holding the button just makes the power LED brighter than usual.

That's normal with the DVI to ADC adapter. ADC (Apple Display Connector) has pins for power control but there are no such pins in DVI so the display's power button has no way to control the computer. I don't know why the power light brightens when pushed, but mine does it too.

Two USB ports on the back of the display doesn't seem to work. It does charge my iPod, but any device connected to those ports (including iPod) won't be recognized on my Mac.

Is the adapter's USB cable plugged into the computer? The displays ports are USB 1.1. Some devices, such as iPhones, require USB 2.0.

Failure of the USB circuitry is common with those displays. My 22" ADC display started having USB problems years ago. It started with intermittent USB port problems, then it started interfering with computer sleep. Since I now use the display with a DVI to ADC adapter I don't connect the adapter's USB cable (and don't use the display's USB ports), so don't have any computer sleep problems.

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