MacBook Pro - External Monitor Trouble

MMATruman · MMATruman #1 (**permalink**)

09-30-2007, 01:10 PM

Yesterday, I plugged my external monitor into my MBP and it worked perfectly. Today I tried it and the external screen is black. Any suggestions?

MMATruman · MMATruman #2 (**permalink**)

09-30-2007, 01:11 PM

Yesterday, I plugged my external monitor into my MBP and it worked perfectly. Today I tried it and the external screen is black. Any suggestions?

cwa107 · cwa107 #3 (**permalink**)

09-30-2007, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MMATruman

Yesterday, I plugged my external monitor into my MBP and it worked perfectly. Today I tried it and the external screen is black. Any suggestions?

First, check to make sure you don't have any bent pins on the connector. Then, attach the monitor again, go into System Preferences => Displays => Click on Detect Displays. If it doesn't come up, you may have a faulty monitor. Try it with another system.

NPuter · NPuter #4 (**permalink**)

09-30-2007, 01:57 PM

did you try hitting detect displays in Preferences > Displays

fleurya · fleurya #5 (**permalink**)

09-30-2007, 03:35 PM

Does your monitor have VGA and DVI inputs? I had a monitor like that and sometimes it would switched to VGA, so I had to hit a button on it to switch to DVI and then the screen would come up.

NPuter #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 15, 2007 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 989 Mac Specs: 15" 2.2GHz Santa Rosa Macbook Pro - 4GB Ram - 120GB HD OS X Leopard - Windows XP	09-30-2007, 01:57 PM did you try hitting detect displays in Preferences > Displays "The forums are not only a place to have questions answered, they are a place to be part of a community..."
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fleurya #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 18, 2006 Location: Anytown, USA Posts: 4,876 Mac Specs: 27" iMac 2.7GHz Core i5, iPhone 4S, 3rd gen iPad	09-30-2007, 03:35 PM Does your monitor have VGA and DVI inputs? I had a monitor like that and sometimes it would switched to VGA, so I had to hit a button on it to switch to DVI and then the screen would come up. "Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others"
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MMATruman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 24, 2007 Posts: 149 Mac Specs: 15" Matte, Macbook Pro 2.2 gHz, 2 GB Ram, 120GB HDD	09-30-2007, 01:10 PM Yesterday, I plugged my external monitor into my MBP and it worked perfectly. Today I tried it and the external screen is black. Any suggestions?
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MMATruman #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 24, 2007 Posts: 149 Mac Specs: 15" Matte, Macbook Pro 2.2 gHz, 2 GB Ram, 120GB HDD	09-30-2007, 01:11 PM Yesterday, I plugged my external monitor into my MBP and it worked perfectly. Today I tried it and the external screen is black. Any suggestions?
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