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Mini Display port works on battery, not mains.
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<blockquote data-quote="conanthewarrior" data-source="post: 1649134" data-attributes="member: 347390"><p>Hey people, hope your all doing OK. </p><p></p><p>I have an issue with my Mini DP, and its driving me mad.</p><p></p><p>Whilst running on battery, the Mini DP to HDMI works fine, and I get a lovely picture on my TV.</p><p></p><p>If I plug the mac into mains because the battery is running low, the TV gets the old fashioned style static, then goes black. </p><p></p><p>If I plug in the mini DP whilst the mac is charging, the TV doesn't even recognise there has been a connection and the screen stays black </p><p></p><p>As you may guess, this is annoying during films.</p><p></p><p>I thought the first cable I purchased was faulty (Only had tried it on mains power) so the store give me another one, and I got to keep the old one!</p><p>I got home, and plugged in the new cable, and it worked, so I thought I had a dodgy cable, Untill I plugged into the mains.</p><p></p><p>I then retested the first, thought to be broken cable, on battery power, and success!</p><p>It wasn't the cable, it was my mac.</p><p></p><p>I own a Mid 2010 macbook pro running Yosemite (Fresh install) that I am happy with, its still fast enough for me. </p><p></p><p>The battery charge cycle is at 1170, could this be anything to do with it? I was thinking maybe the battery swells when power is applied, breaking the Mini DP connection?</p><p></p><p>Any help much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="conanthewarrior, post: 1649134, member: 347390"] Hey people, hope your all doing OK. I have an issue with my Mini DP, and its driving me mad. Whilst running on battery, the Mini DP to HDMI works fine, and I get a lovely picture on my TV. If I plug the mac into mains because the battery is running low, the TV gets the old fashioned style static, then goes black. If I plug in the mini DP whilst the mac is charging, the TV doesn't even recognise there has been a connection and the screen stays black As you may guess, this is annoying during films. I thought the first cable I purchased was faulty (Only had tried it on mains power) so the store give me another one, and I got to keep the old one! I got home, and plugged in the new cable, and it worked, so I thought I had a dodgy cable, Untill I plugged into the mains. I then retested the first, thought to be broken cable, on battery power, and success! It wasn't the cable, it was my mac. I own a Mid 2010 macbook pro running Yosemite (Fresh install) that I am happy with, its still fast enough for me. The battery charge cycle is at 1170, could this be anything to do with it? I was thinking maybe the battery swells when power is applied, breaking the Mini DP connection? Any help much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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