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Installed Mavericks, now HDMI Monitor is black. Any ideas?

I have a MAC mini from mid 2011. I just installed Mavericks. Now my monitor is black. Using HDMI cable. No adaptors.

Shows up in preferences, but screen is black.

USB monitor is failing completely.

Gone from 3 monitors to one. 😟

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 10:08 AM

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Feb 13, 2014 4:42 PM in response to kentendo

Has anyone had luck with this yet? It looks like Schreibers solution worked for 2 people...which was buying a Belkin 16FT Mini DisplayPort to HDMI...but this is unacceptable. I purchased an Apple product (MiniDisplay to HDMI) that worked fine before the upgrade.


Apple, can you help us with an update at least? This used to work before I upgraded to Mavricks - I'm sure it's something that can be fixed with software.


Thank you.

Feb 13, 2014 4:52 PM in response to kentendo

Okay. I just messed around with this a little more and read some other forums where they suggest opening the "Display" menu in preferences, click the radial labeled, "Scaled" and then change the resolution. I wasn't seeing anything happening to the other monitor so I tried unplugging and plugging the cable back in while I changed the resolution and now it works!


Not a great fix but give it a try.

Mar 2, 2014 1:38 PM in response to Turbo240Z

I replaced the HDMI->DVI adapter I was using, keeping the DVI cable I had and now I have picture again. I don't remember where I got the first one from, but this new one I picked up from Monoprice.com part number 2080 for $2.44. They look similar and I have no idea what the internal differences are, but I'm happy to have my laptop shut hooked up to a larger display.

I think somenoe else here mentioned that a cable replacement helped them as well.


Good luck.

Mar 13, 2014 11:17 AM in response to kentendo

worst $ I have ever spent. Hey apple I am disgusted with your lack of service on this divice! MBP 15" HDMI direct into my mac, and direct into the TV. I've tried 3 HDMI cords they work on my xbox 360 and xbox one. I plug in to this $2-3000.00 netflix/facebook machine and it doesnt work.. How can you call it an update if it causes problems and doesn't change anything else? It worked fine fresh out of the box but ever since this update last year it wont function properly. I am beyond ******. I've tried every thing on these threads aside from buying adapters as this computer has an HDMI outputjack built into it... give us an explination and acknowlegement of the issue. *** is going on apple??

Mar 29, 2014 1:12 PM in response to kentendo

I have a simple AOC E1649FWU 16" USB-Powered Portable LED Monitor that I use for my bookkeeping…..don’t need anything fancy for that


It was working fine before I and now I can’t even get my ’09 MacBook Pro to even recognize it….I’m totally NOT happy.


Thinking of getting rid of Maverick. I need this 2nd monitor to work.

Mar 29, 2014 3:26 PM in response to Toni73

Didn`t work here.

This is extremely boring. Have lot of movies in my external HD, I used to watch them using my macbook air plugged in HDMI, but now, no deal....

I tryed using the VGA adaptor, the original one was ok, another one bought at best buy used to work fine, but now it seams that it is not working too.


What is said is that none of any trouble that we use to discusses here, and that appears to be a software / upgrade issue, I mean an Apple problem, none of them was corrected, and no feed back was never given here, even a feed back sayng: "Yes, I know this problem, we are working on it..." Nothing.. The problems are up to us....


I have a list for some of theses issues, like: this one about Mavericks VS HDMI, Icloud VS deleted documents, e-mail syncing and lost messages, Frozen start ups.... well, Some of them don`t exist anymore, but the point is: I neve read a single Feed Back from Apple. This HDMI vs Mavericks is one of the most unpleasent issue I passing trhought. And it isn`t something that started a day, or a week. There are months of complaning, and Apple is mude.


Shame on you Apple... That`s not something we really expected from This company...

May 9, 2014 1:37 AM in response to kentendo

Hi,

Same Problem here: MBP Retina 13' after updating from 10.8 to 10.9 HDMI Output is not working properly. I tested it with two different Monitors: Samsung PX2370 and an Samsung 23' SA550 with the following issues:

1. PX2370 tries to work with the HDMI Mirroring and freezes

2. SA550 stays completely black on HDMI. However with HDMI to DVI Converter pluged on the HDMI output I get a clear Picture and everything works!


APPLE: How is it possible to screw the OS from one Version to the next?? I am thinking of going back to 10.8 at least there worked everything. The fancy feature of Mavericks you can keep if you don't get it properly working. And even for free this is no excuse for killing the HDMI internal driver

Installed Mavericks, now HDMI Monitor is black. Any ideas?

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