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flinko

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Hi Guys,

I have just purchased a mac mini. 1.42ghz g4. It is old but factory sealed. In the box was a vga to dvi adapter. I bought a vga to vga cable and proceeded to connect this to my samsung lcd tv. The white screen comes up and the circular thingy spins for a bit, and the Apple start up sound happens. Then the only thing that happens is a small bit of writing that writes mode not supported! Please can someone help...
thanks in advance
 
simsaladimbamba

simsaladimbamba

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Have you tried any of these steps?


Can you boot from the grey Restore CD?


A more descriptive and precise thread title will help cater to the right audience and get you more responses. (see rule #3 under How do I get help with a hardware or software problem)
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Have you also taken a look at MRoogle, since that question may have been asked several times?
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666sheep

666sheep

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Dec 7, 2009
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flinko said:
vga to vga cable and proceeded to connect this to my samsung lcd tv. The white screen comes up and the circular thingy spins for a bit, and the Apple start up sound happens. Then the only thing that happens is a small bit of writing that writes mode not supported!
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Your mini does not support your Samsung TV resolution. G4 minis are known to be picky about displays. Try reset PRAM but I doubt that it will help.
You can also try different connection type, via DVI to HDMI cable/adapter.
 
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Stan Mikulenka

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Nov 20, 2009
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Hi flinko,
please try to lower the TVs resolution when it ISN'T plugged in the Mini (start the TV without being hooked-up to the Mini, find the 'Settings' for the TV res. & see if you can set it lower so your Mini can communicate with it & then you can adjust the res. from the Mini later on).
 
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