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New Mac Mini with dual monitors?
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<blockquote data-quote="joe_man" data-source="post: 1069106" data-attributes="member: 162232"><p>This is my first post here, hello everyone!</p><p>I recently purchased one of the new Mac Minis but now have trouble connecting my 2 VGA monitors.</p><p>At first i thought it would be really simple: One monitor connects to the Mini Display port using a VGA adatpter, the other monitors connects thru a HDMI to VGA adapter thing to the HDMI port. Then I realised that this isn't possible, so the trouble began.</p><p>Now I try to use a Matrox Dual Head Box, but it still isn't working! The signal comes out of the Mac Mini Display Port, where I attached the adapter to VGA. The VGA cable goes into my Matrox box which is connected to the 2 Monitors. I think this is the way how it should be, correct me if I'm wrong.</p><p>The problem is that my Samsung monitors want a 1680x1050 resolution. Theoretically the picture has to be stretched to fit both moitors, so 3360x1050 should be the perfect resolution. So I searched a way to enter this resolution and found a little programm called "SwitchResX". I entered this resolution and restarted my Mac with the Matrox box connected..and nothing! One monitors just says "Not perfect resolution - 1680x1050?" and thats it. Also, I have no idea how to use this program that came with the box called "Matrox Power Desk".</p><p>I really hate this, because I need this stuff for my work, so every hour I spend searching for a solution is money for me. Thats why I would really really appreciate any help on this one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joe_man, post: 1069106, member: 162232"] This is my first post here, hello everyone! I recently purchased one of the new Mac Minis but now have trouble connecting my 2 VGA monitors. At first i thought it would be really simple: One monitor connects to the Mini Display port using a VGA adatpter, the other monitors connects thru a HDMI to VGA adapter thing to the HDMI port. Then I realised that this isn't possible, so the trouble began. Now I try to use a Matrox Dual Head Box, but it still isn't working! The signal comes out of the Mac Mini Display Port, where I attached the adapter to VGA. The VGA cable goes into my Matrox box which is connected to the 2 Monitors. I think this is the way how it should be, correct me if I'm wrong. The problem is that my Samsung monitors want a 1680x1050 resolution. Theoretically the picture has to be stretched to fit both moitors, so 3360x1050 should be the perfect resolution. So I searched a way to enter this resolution and found a little programm called "SwitchResX". I entered this resolution and restarted my Mac with the Matrox box connected..and nothing! One monitors just says "Not perfect resolution - 1680x1050?" and thats it. Also, I have no idea how to use this program that came with the box called "Matrox Power Desk". I really hate this, because I need this stuff for my work, so every hour I spend searching for a solution is money for me. Thats why I would really really appreciate any help on this one. [/QUOTE]
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