I’ve a 2011, 15″ MacBook Professional (working 10.6.8) with the defunct, AMD(?) graphics chip. I am making an attempt to hook up with a 23″ Apple Cinema Show utilizing a brand-new Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (LogiLink CV0037), nevertheless it would not work. I’m conscious that my laptop computer has a Thunderbolt port, not a Mini DisplayPort. Nonetheless, all the pieces I’ve learn appears to point {that a} Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter ought to work completely fantastic for what I am making an attempt to do, given Thunderbolt’s ‘backward compatibility’.
The most certainly perpetrator in my thoughts is that I’ve completely disabled the defective graphics chip by following these video directions, which may be interacting with how my machine connects with the show. Is that this probably right? Is the AMD(?) chip required to run exterior shows? Are there another apparent prospects?
Additionally, it is price noting: Each the show and adapter do in truth work. I plugged the show into an older 17″ MBP with a mini-DisplayPort with no issues. Additionally after I pull the adapter out of both the 15″ or 17″, the laptop computer display screen goes blue for a couple of seconds, suggesting that the 15″ MacBook Professional can also be detecting one thing, simply not integrating the show connection absolutely(?).
