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Q: Since upgrading to Mountain Lion my external cinema display is no longer recognised.

Earlier today I upgraded to Mountain Lion, since doing this system preferences can no longer see my external cinema display monitor. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Cinema Display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 6:34 AM

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Q: Since upgrading to Mountain Lion my external cinema display is no longer recognised.

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  • by petterast,

    petterast petterast Aug 22, 2012 4:18 AM in response to Steve Borsch
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    Aug 22, 2012 4:18 AM in response to Steve Borsch

    One thing only worked for me (tried all the above). I had previously switched between my graphicschips (in the power save settings). I had to switch back to the other graphic chip for the macbook pro to be able to send the approporiate signal to my display.

     

    Sypmtoms before:

     

    When connecting the display I get the blue screen when mac detects displays, my display would show green light for half a sec while still black, then back to standby.

     

    In preferences I could see settings for my display when gathered in main dispaly, but no setting worked. My mac recognized the display but could not send the correct signal it seams.

     

    After swithching to the other graphics chip all is back to normal.

     

    This problem occured with two different displays (i tried to connect to my projector as well with different cables) so monitor is not faulty.

     

    Good luck!

  • by aorrdalca,

    aorrdalca aorrdalca Aug 22, 2012 2:52 PM in response to rickindie
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    Aug 22, 2012 2:52 PM in response to rickindie

    Had the same problem with my twin Thunderbolt displays daisy-chained to a new Retina MBP. Very frustrating. Unplugging and replugging the displays worked fine.

  • by fyuan,

    fyuan fyuan Sep 6, 2012 8:45 PM in response to nookiedog
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    Sep 6, 2012 8:45 PM in response to nookiedog

    I have the same issue when I connceted my 23' cinema display to my 2008 macbook. the display used to work with my laptop in Lion system. but after the upgrade, the display become black. Is there anyone who can help me this? Thanks in advance.

  • by ilpostino75,

    ilpostino75 ilpostino75 Sep 7, 2012 9:58 AM in response to fyuan
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    Sep 7, 2012 9:58 AM in response to fyuan

    Hey, I have the same problem! I have a late 2008 macbook pro and when I upgrade to mountain lion my external monitor LG (m2294A) sometimes works fine and some other times turns black. Pretty annoying!

    I will appreciate any help on this matter. Good day 

  • by wineEngineer,

    wineEngineer wineEngineer Sep 9, 2012 4:14 AM in response to nookiedog
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    Sep 9, 2012 4:14 AM in response to nookiedog

    Hello,

     

    I had a similar problem with my mid 2010 macbook pro (Dell 24 inch external monitor connected with a displayport) that I fixed by resetting the nvram, as mentioned previously, but that wasn't enough apparently. I also had to manually disconect the displayport from the monitor side and reconect it as powercycling forcing detecting screens wasn't giving any results whatsover.

  • by samjpullen,

    samjpullen samjpullen Sep 20, 2012 8:58 AM in response to rickindie
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    Sep 20, 2012 8:58 AM in response to rickindie

    I've done everything in these thread but still no avail...

  • by sameerfromwa,

    sameerfromwa sameerfromwa Sep 20, 2012 9:07 AM in response to nookiedog
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    Sep 20, 2012 9:07 AM in response to nookiedog

    I was finally able l solve my problem. I bought a 3rd party mini-display-port to DVI cable and switched out the Apple adaptor and it now works flawlessly. Here's the cable I got: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003OBXHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1348157137&sr=8-1

  • by rbarba23,

    rbarba23 rbarba23 Dec 26, 2012 3:37 PM in response to samjpullen
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    Dec 26, 2012 3:37 PM in response to samjpullen

    How many months must pass before apple addresses this, this has been a known issue since July at least. Every display in my place has issues with this nonsense, and the only real solution has been to downgrade back to Lion. I can only do this with my home machine as my work laptop must remain updated to match the work system. This sort of thing drives me so crazy I can't even begin to voice my anger, why did I pay this company to upgrade my technology when all it did was force my monitors to go dark?

     

    DO SOMETHING APPLE

  • by pella6,

    pella6 pella6 Feb 13, 2013 2:54 AM in response to rbarba23
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    Feb 13, 2013 2:54 AM in response to rbarba23

    Hello rbarba23,

     

    I posted my comment on the issue today. Have you had any solutions yet?

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/21229347#21229347

  • by davidrAppleSupport,

    davidrAppleSupport davidrAppleSupport Mar 20, 2013 7:44 PM in response to nookiedog
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    Mar 20, 2013 7:44 PM in response to nookiedog

    Pressing "alt/option" after checking the plugs for tightness worked for me.

    Sony Bravia flatscreen via hdmi cable.

  • by sunbeam49,

    sunbeam49 sunbeam49 Oct 19, 2013 7:38 AM in response to nookiedog
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    Oct 19, 2013 7:38 AM in response to nookiedog

    While this may be an old thread, apparently the issue still exists as it happened to me yesterday after upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion... no external display recognition.  I recall having this problem the very first time I attampeted to connect two external displays to a MBP some three years ago using a Diamond adapter.  I had to download the Diamond driver in order for it to work.  And so yesterday, after all else failed, it all started to come back to me... how, once I learned I needed the driver, & having gone to the Diamond web site where the driver was unavailable, I was directed upon a google search, to displaylink, where one can find a free driver download.

    And so I thought, it's worth a shot for it's very possible the upgrade had erased the driver.  After downloading the driver, shutting down my computer & unplugging everything, I started the computer back up & reconnected all the hardware & it immediately recognized my two HP displays!

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