Hello,
I have a Macbook Pro without a DVI port (or any dedicated display port) and an extrenal monitor that connects by DVI. I googled usb to dvi adapter and found some for sale, but reviews talked about flickering monitor etc. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with these? Can you recommend a brand? Is firewire better?
Thanks for any feedback 🙂
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Which MBP do you have? If it is the 2011 then you have Thunderbolt/DVI which will do what you need.
ahhh that's what the thunderbolt port is. Thank you.
Well, my Cinema Display is a 20-inch DVI Early 2007 (model a1081) and the connector is one of those old gigantic DVIs. It also has firewire and usb which apparently need to be used at the same time as DVI, but firewire doesn't fit either (what does that make it like firewire4?)
The display has never been used, so I'd like to use it. Is it possible with this laptop?
Thanks!!
That is an old one. Not really familiar with it, here is Apple's manual for it http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/CinemaDisplays_20_23_30inchUserGuide.pdf
in case you don;t have one.
Not sure you need the USB and FireWire plugged in for the display to work as a display, I think they were there so that you could use the USB and FireWire ports on the display to plug in other devices to the system, kind of like a hub.
As for the DVI cable didn;t one come with the display? You'd need some way to go from DVI to mini-dvi to connect to the MBP. There will also be issues with the graphic card in the MBP, if it has the capability to drive the monitor.
Sorry I can't be of more help,
good luck
regards
The USB/firewire thing makes sense. Thanks for the tip about graphics card, I didn't even think about that.
Not solved, but you did help a lot - I appreciate your time!! 🙂
Good luck let us know if you get it to work.
regards
usb or firewire to dvi adapter
