Hi Scott and James, Brett and Krister's earlier posts tell you that simply having the connector that normally hooks up to a monitor plugged in will not work here. If that were the case, having an accidentally unplugged monitor would not have slowed down Krister's mini, since the connector was still plugged into the mini and it was the other end of the connector into the monitor that had come loose. For this connector, the mini is probably waiting for feedback signal from the monitor. The connector that hooks to the monitor has a flat end that is an elongated rectangle (really a trapezoid) with 19 pin holes or so, I think, for connecting to a monitor. It's called the "Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter" when sold in the Apple Store and will not help your "slow mini" problem. The DVI-to-video connector that Dan used on his mini is one that can connect to a TV or VCR via S-Video or RCA composite plugs. Both these plugs are circular, and you should feel two circular plugs at the other end of the connector. This is the connector that Dan used to solve his "slow mini" problems where the system was waiting for signs of a monitor connection. I assume that since there is no feedback from a TV display, the mini can't check whether there is a device connected to the other end of the connector -- it only can tell that a display connector plug is in use to a device that provides no feedback. I doubt whether one of these connectors comes with the current minis by default nowadays, since Apple has cut back on the additional pack-ins like the Apple Remote. You have to buy this separately ($19 list price):
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 4, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Did your Mini come with the adapter? That is all I used and it worked > fine for me. Don't know what to tell you beyond that, but good luck. > > On May 4, 2009, at 1:06 PM, James Dietz wrote: > >> >> It's been slow ever since I got it a year ago, so I don't think it's >> logs. Sounds like it's the monitor problem. This cramps my style a >> bit >> as it's a lot harder to cary around a monitor and the mac mini is >> remarkably easy to port back and forth between home/school and take >> with me wherever I may want to go if I need it. Thanks guys - I'll >> steal one eventually. >> >> James >> >> On 5/4/09, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I'm sorry to have to say this, but the adapter alone won't work. >>> There >>> was some adapter or other one could buy from Apple i think, but i >>> can >>> be wrong that fooled the Mini into thinking it had a monitor, but >>> other than that, nope, an adapter alone won't work. >>> /Krister >>> >>> >>> 4 maj 2009 kl. 18.18 skrev Brett Campbell: >>> >>>> >>>> I submitted an almost identical post a few weeks ago. Krister's >>>> Suggestion is the ticket. My mini is brand new with 4 gb of >>>> ram. I >>>> connected a monitor and every little trouble, especially the busy >>>> disappeared. I understand being reluctant to connect a monitor, >>>> but >>>> based on my recent experience, you'll be amazed with the >>>> difference. >>>> I didn't try just using the adapter, it may work, but the monitor >>>> changes everything for sure. >>>> >>>> Brett >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 3, 2009, at 12:09 PM, James Dietz wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I did a brief search to see if this was mentioned before, only to >>>>> find >>>>> something on Mac Mini's issues when a mouse isn't hooked up. >>>>> >>>>> Certain apps are impossibly slow with my mac mini. These range >>>>> from >>>>> iTunes (smart playlist editor and just occasional unexplainable >>>>> "busy"s from voiceover no matter what I'm doing) to Finder (Copy >>>>> and >>>>> other warning dialogues literally hang voiceover for up to 10 >>>>> seconds >>>>> before they read anything (only to be interupted by the >>>>> announcement >>>>> that finder is ready; attempting o read it again results in >>>>> another >>>>> wait and usually another message interupting the desired >>>>> information). >>>>> I've a 2.0 ghz 2 gb ram mac mini, and I think it's pretty well >>>>> equipped to handle something like a dialogue box in finder without >>>>> hanging so frustratingly. Anyone else having similar issues with >>>>> minis? I tried my roommate's new macbook and it's a lot more >>>>> responsive - I haven't interacted with a finder dialogue or >>>>> similar >>>>> but switching apps is a little faster. >>>>> >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
