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Ext display plug in to thunderbolt display

I am trying to plug a dell display through dvi and minid display adapator to my thunderbolt display which is plugged into my macbook pro, dell display is not getting a singal from the thunderbolt display why?

MacBook Pro, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Jan 27, 2013 10:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2013 3:47 PM

Mini DisplayPort displays and adapters don't work when plugged into a Thinderbolt display. See section 16 in:

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219>


However they will work if you connect a Thunderbolt disk drive (with two Thunderbolt ports) between the Thunderbolt display and the Mini DisplayPort device.

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Jan 27, 2013 3:47 PM in response to PTheriault

Mini DisplayPort displays and adapters don't work when plugged into a Thinderbolt display. See section 16 in:

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219>


However they will work if you connect a Thunderbolt disk drive (with two Thunderbolt ports) between the Thunderbolt display and the Mini DisplayPort device.

Ext display plug in to thunderbolt display

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