20" Apple Cinema Display not recognised after upgrading to OS 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion)

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pella6 Author

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20" Apple Cinema Display not recognised after upgrading to OS 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion)

20" Apple Cinema Display not recognised after upgrading to OS 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion).

Hello Apple! Anybody there? How long does your community have to wait for a solution?

The same problem has been unsolved for months now. No statements from Apple either.

I was told today to wait for 10.8.3. This might solve the issue. I can not belive my ears.

My MacBookPro 4,1, Intel Core 2 Duo with 2.5 GHz Processor and Graphics chip: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, will not talk to the exter. 20" Cinema Display ( Model Number A1081 ). The screen stays black. Resetting the PRAM did not help. I removed the 'com.apple.windowserver.plist' and the 'com.apple.windowserver.OE35739etc,etcxxxxxxxxxxx.plist', but that did not help either.

Any other solutions, or do I have to downgrade or give up on Apple Computers alltogether after using them for over 25 years?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 13, 2013 1:50 AM

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Answer 1

gagich

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4 points

Feb 13, 2013 11:21 AM in response to pella6

I found out that I needed a $100 mini displayport to dual-link dvi adapter to make my $30" cinema display work with my macbook pro

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-ada pter?fnode=51

When I found out that solved the problem, I took it back because that was too expensive for a stupid adapter, and it still didn't work perfectly.

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Answer 2

Mar 30, 2013 7:02 PM in response to gagich

I bought the adapter, it does not work with my mb pro retina and my 30" dell monitor. Waste of money.

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Answer 3

jeaneen

Level 1

5 points

May 3, 2013 3:13 PM in response to pella6

I have a MacBook Pro (2008) that was running OsX 10.5.x and everything was running perfectly!!! I finally had to update so that I could download the new iOS Sdk and wow... Now I have NO external monitor (an Acer p221w)... What A PITA!!! I can't believe this isn't fixed! What the heck are u doing apple... No wonder stock prices fell. Over priced crap!!

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