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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Dual-Link DVI Adapter with Nov 2009 iMac and NEC MultiSync 3090WQXi

Written by TL from Alcoa

1-Dec-2009

The Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter rates 5 stars for driving the NEC MultiSync LCD3090WQXi 30" monitor at 2560 by 1600 pixel resolution from my Late 2009 iMac. The problem is that I cannot calibrate the monitor color using NEC's SpectraView II software and the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter. It appears that the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter hardware and/or OS X software drivers do not provide for proper communication between the SpectraView calibration software and the display's internal processor. I have to remove the Dual-Link Adapter, install the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (Single-Link), and calibrate the monitor at a 1600 by 1200 pixel resolution. I then have to reinstall the Dual-Link DVI Adapter to get the 2560 by 1600 pixel resolution.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Works with my HP LP3065

Written by DC from Vail

27-Nov-2009

I got this adapter (with firmware 1.02) for use with a late-2009 Mac mini and a 30" HP LP3065. It works far better than I was expecting after all of the bad reviews. I've had none of the sparkly pixel issues or any flashing or flickering.

When waking the Mac from sleep, about 5% of the time I was getting a crazy screen with odd vertical stripes which could be fixed by re-sleeping and re-waking. A workaround is to plug the adapter's USB cable into a powered hub rather than the Mac. It has worked perfectly, 100% since doing that.

I'd give it five stars if it worked better with the USB plugged straight into the Mac.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Not the quality I'm used to from Apple.

Written by SN from Laval

24-Nov-2009

I'm a Mac fanboy and I promote Apple and it's quality products wherever I go and also write software for the Mac. Unfortunately I have to write a bad review for this one.

My setup is Macbook 5,1 Unibody with a 30" Dell 3008WFP Monitor.
mini-DVI to DualLink DVI cable with firmware 1.02.

At first I thought it was my screen that was defective so I got an exchange from dell, since then I've exchanged this cable for the third time and still the quality is not what I am used to from Apple.

The new cable works fine at maximum resolution for a couple of days but then I start seeing pixelation ( like snow on a old TV set without cable) in the bottom half of the screen soon followed by the whole screen becoming green and flashing back to normal colours at a rapid 60Hz. My guess is that this adaptor cable looses sync after a while.

If I disconnect the screen itself from the adaptor and reconnect it, nothing changes the adaptor still flickers the screen image, but if I disconnect the adaptor from the mac book and reconnect it, the adaptor is good to go for a couple of hours before it starts behaving badly again.

I've tested my screen on another computer and also tested the screen with a normal mini-DVI to DVI Cable, both situations worked flawlessly.

Basically said, this adaptor is not stable at all.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Complete rubbish!!! Does not work well!

Written by RC from Monnickendam

21-Nov-2009

I would have had more enjoyment sitting on my roof and folding 20 ten euro notes into paper airplanes and watching them go...

I run this between my 30" HD Apple Display and my 17" MacBook Pro. 9/10 times it doesnt work and when it does more often than not the display becomes un-viewable. The screen flashes on & off all the time. Very very very unhappy with this product.. DO NOT BUY. Opps screen just did it again...

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Works with my 30 inch

Written by GG from Hollywood

19-Nov-2009

I just receive it and it works at full resolution with my 30 in Apple Cinema Display with both my new Mac Mini and new Macbook Pro. I thought there may be a flicker problem with the MBP because I saw flickers when I first plugged it in but they went away after the computer came on.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

It works!

Written by DD from VEENDAM

18-Nov-2009

With some apprehension I ordered this adapter for connecting my recently acquired Mac mini (2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, Mac OS X Snow Leopard) to my 30" Apple Cinema display.

It worked immediately, which is essential because the Mac mini is in fact my spare computer for getting on should my main computer, an early 2008 Mac Pro, break down.

Normally, the Cinema screen is connected to my Mac Pro (early 2008 model, now running under Snow Leopard), and the Mac mini is connected as a target disk via FireWire800 for cloning the Mac Pro hard disk to the Mac Mini hard disk.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Possibly doesn't like ground lifts? Whatever, it's a TERRIBLE product.

Written by JC from Londonderry

17-Nov-2009

I used this product to connect my 17" MacBook Pro to my 50" plasma. Shouldn't have been much of a stretch for it as the resolution of a plasma is only 1920x1080. The results quite literally looked like my MBP was on a bad acid trip with cyclical pulsating anywhere in the image with a brighter luminance. I did not have anything plugged into the adapter's USB extender and the MBP was getting DC power from its adapter (not running off of the battery).

I have a sneaking suspicion that this product doesn't like ground lifts (although after just reading a bunch of other reviews (wish I had done that before visiting the Apple store) it's possible that perhaps it just globally bites and maybe someone in Apple's quality assurance department ought to be fired (or at the very least attend a class on black box and white box testing)). Like most apartments in the Boston area, the one I'm in has no discrete 3rd prong for ground so you must use a ground lift. If that's a requirement of this product it's pretty unrealistic, at least for those of us who live in older cities. FWIW I know it's not the display as my 13" MacBook from 2006 is able to drive my plasma just fine with a mini DVI to a DVI adapter (and from there I use a DVI to HDMI cable).

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

On 3rd one in 4 months

Written by EW from Peninsula

11-Nov-2009

Running a 2009 MacBook Pro connected to a Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC 30-inch WideScreen Flat Panel Monitor. The monitor works perfectly when I use it with my older MacBook pros and older connectors.

Using the 2009 MBP with Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter, my external monitor does the following:

* Flashes garbled white horizontal lines randomly.
* When the computer wakes up after a long sleep, the external display shows 'double vision' with some vibration.
* While the computer is awake the external display sometimes just goes black (while still powered up).
* When the image being displayed is full black, there are random flickering white pixels distributed over the black.

For each of the above issues, my remedy is to unplug the DVI Adabpter cable from the MacBook Pro and then plug it in again. It resets the external display to 'normal'.

I've had Apple send me two new cables and the problem persists.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Horrible adapter.

Written by JL from Yarmouth

5-Nov-2009

I bought this in good faith, hoping that I wouldn't experience problems with the new 1.02 adapter firmware. I'm experiencing coloured static in pure black areas and it makes the display awful to work on. This setup was just way too expensive to not work properly.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Works Perpectly!!

Written by DA from Lodi

5-Nov-2009

I bought the 27" iMac last week, and I wanted to use my 30" Cinema Display in dual-setup mode. After reading the reviews here, I was hesitant about buying this adapter, but this was my only option. So, I went ahead and bought it.

I plugged in the 30" DVI and USB cable to the adapter, and boom, it worked immediately. I did not experience any issues whatsoever.

The only negative thing I can say, is the price. $100? Seriously Apple? At least provide a discount for all people who bought your Cinema Displays.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Super flaky

Written by AH from Beverly Hills

5-Nov-2009

Like many others I get "snow" on the screen and 4-8 times a day (every hour or two, basically) I have to unplug it and plug it in again (sometimes several times) to reset it to get the screen readable at all.

I use a Dell 30" monitor - it works great on a regular DVI output; but I can barely use it at all with my MacBook Pro (late 2008 version).

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Does. Not. Work.

Written by MT from Joensuu

4-Nov-2009

My Samsung Syncmaster 305T+ 30" monitor worked wonderfully with my old MacBook Pro (2008 model), but after I bought a new MacBook Pro (late 2009), it no longer works. I get extremely poor picture quality, and the picture disappears in about 15 seconds. One star is too much for a product that does not work.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

ah.....

Written by BB from Bradford

30-Oct-2009

I was just about to curse my apple store having read these reviews and bought one to use with my HP LP3065 screen...and of course it came up as a jibberish screen.

Fortunately I also have my PC hooked into the same monitor and decided to check the cable I was using for it to hook up and get its 2560x1600 res, it was different ....oops I had totally forgotten that I needed a duallink cable as well as the adapter.....a quick swap over and it works fine now. I don't think everyone here will have made the same mistake but its possible some will so I hope this helps.

Anyway..as far as a review goes, it does its job well enough now that I have the correct cable, but I'm not mad keen on the hanging out the back concept here, would surely have been easier to have a duallink dvi on the unit itself?

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Product needs work

Written by LM from Peoria

29-Oct-2009

Interesting product. Using my 30"Cinema HD with the adapter I was getting "snow" in the dark areas of the screen.

I moved the Dual link adapter to my Wacom Cintiq 21" and it worked without a hitch. The adapter was harder to insert initially for the Cintiq but after attachment there were no problems.

I am using another adapter to connect to my Apple monitor but it only drives to the 1280x800 resolution. There is not another product that will allow me to get the high resolution on the 30" Cinema Display. I now have to decide if I should buy another $99 Dual-Link DVI and try it out or wait for a product to come out that will drive my monitor.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

This product is defective?

Written by CP from Vancouver

21-Oct-2009

I'm seem to have all the problems that others reported here with the Adapter creating "snow" signals and "interference" after using it for random intervals. The only way to resolve it is to unplug and plug in the DVI cable connected to my 30" Dell screen, so I often find myself unplugging and plugging in the DVI cables about a dozen times a day, which is seriously annoying me. This seems like a defective product, and I'm surprised that Apple is allowed to keep selling it.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

UNSTABLE BIS!!!!!

Written by MG from Goettingen

20-Oct-2009

I am using a 30'' screen SAMSUNG SyncMaster 305T plus plugged with this Famous cable to a iMac 24'' and I am having all the problems described in this post:
-Snow sometimes
-Some kind of blurriness
And I need to unplug/replug the cable several times a day!!!!
This is extremely annoying and also my first deception from apple!!!

I really wonder if they take those problems in consideration and try to solve it!!!????

If any one get news about that (like a firmware update coming or in preparation), please let me know...

Now if you want to know if I recommend it... I am obliged to say that I do since we are obliged (as far as I know... If I wrong let me know!) to use this cable to plug a 30'' screen...

Good luck with it!
Best regards

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Unstable!!!

Written by TS from Jelling

18-Oct-2009

I use it with my 17'' 3,06 Ghz MAc Book Pro with my Apple CD 30'' display...
It flickers now and then, and if I connect anything (be it a ketboard fx...) to the hubs on the back of my 30 '' dsiplay - the display goes crazy in couples of minutes or after waking up from sleep. The display and the hubs work just fine on my other Mac Book Pro 2,6 Ghz without the crazy dual adapter... I'ts not OK Apple! You dropped the traditional DVI port, now I pay the price... I want this fixed.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Dell 3007WFP-HC

Written by BE from Carmel Valley

14-Oct-2009

I've read many reviews, i just want to confirm that the new adapter (1.02) works perfectly with the Dell 3007WFP-HC.

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