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Extending the IMac desktop
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Join Date: May 2010
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Hi,
Is it possible to connect a old Mac cinema display to an brand new IMac to extend its desktop?
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Bernadette
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Yes.
If it's a ACD with DVI you need a MDP-DVI adapter. If it's a 30" ACD make sure to get the MDP to Dual Link DVI adapter.
If it's a really old ACD that came with an ADC port you'll need a more expensive converter box to DVI plus the MDP-DVI dongle.
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Thanks for the information, but I'm a bit lost. My old ACD connects to a converter box which has a cable with a DVI and a USB ends. So I tried to connect the display with the USB to my IMac because it doesn't have a DVI port. But nothing happened. I looked at the Apple store for a MDP-DVI converter but their DVI has 24 holes and mine has 2X9 holes...
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Bernadette
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HI, Can you take a pic of that DVI converter box? 2 X9´s don´t seem to be DVIs connectors.
The usb only carries data, so you won´t see any picture on your monitor.
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Thank you to both of you. On the website it is called : LINDY Fibre Optic
DVI-D Cable.
Bernadette
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It's a single-link DVI, which suggests the unknown converter box is a DVI - ADC, and the monitor is probably a 20" or 23" with ADC.
Reasoning:
We've been assuming "2 x 9" means a connector with two rows of 9 pins.
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I think he means two blocks of 9 pins, each a 3x3 array. Which matches the single-link DVI cable.
Code:
| x x x - - x x x|
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| x x x - - x x x|
Assuming the reasoning here is correct, he just needs a Mini Displayport to DVI adapter. Don't worry about the extra holes on Apple's adapter, they are not needed by your converter box and will be ignored.
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What reader said.
If you have a ADC-DVI converter box all you need to do is buy the MDP-DVI adapter and you should be fine.
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Thank you everyone, I'll do that:-).
Bernadette
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