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keogh

macrumors member
Original poster
Sep 1, 2010
47
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Welling, UK
Hey guys,

I have a Mac Mini late 2012, that I currently have running through Thunderbolt to my 27" Apple Thunderbolt display and all is dandy there.

Well I have a high end gaming PC next to my Mac that is hooked up to a 27" Dell U2713H screen. Well I plan on taking the gaming PC downsrtairs and shoving that in my 40" Samsung TV for future gaming stuff, therefore leaving my 27" Dell free and easy.

Now this doesn't really matter if its not possible, and I certainly wouldn't want to spend much money making it work as I haven't ever used dual screens to this point, and I certainly can continue that way. But seems a bit of a waste having the Dell screen just sitting there so worth a shot.

Is there anyway I can use this Dell as a second screen for my Mac Mini? The HDMI on the Mini is free, the Thunderbolt obviously isn't (as that is running to my ATD). I hear the ATD WON'T daisy chain to a MDP screen, and the HDMI on the Mini only supports a max of 1920x1080?

I won't want to run the Dell at anything less than 2560x1440, so is that possible through the HDMI port at all? Or is there a way to run it via the Thunderbolt port on the ATD? The connections on the back of the Dell are:

- 1 Dual Link DVI-D with HDCP
- 1 DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 Mini DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 HDMI
- 1 DisplayPort out

Anyone have any suggestions on getting this screen to function at 2560x1440 alongside my ATD? As I say, really don't matter if not, just worth a try :)

ta
 

keogh

macrumors member
Original poster
Sep 1, 2010
47
0
Welling, UK
You can try this setup: Plug the Dell into TB port which will run @2560*1600 res. max then plug Apple display on the output port of the dell ... :eek:

I'll give it a go, but don't the ATD only respond to Thunderbolt ports? The Ethernet, USB etc surely wouldn't work without thunderbolt connections?
 

paulrbeers

macrumors 68040
Dec 17, 2009
3,963
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Hey guys,

I have a Mac Mini late 2012, that I currently have running through Thunderbolt to my 27" Apple Thunderbolt display and all is dandy there.

Well I have a high end gaming PC next to my Mac that is hooked up to a 27" Dell U2713H screen. Well I plan on taking the gaming PC downsrtairs and shoving that in my 40" Samsung TV for future gaming stuff, therefore leaving my 27" Dell free and easy.

Now this doesn't really matter if its not possible, and I certainly wouldn't want to spend much money making it work as I haven't ever used dual screens to this point, and I certainly can continue that way. But seems a bit of a waste having the Dell screen just sitting there so worth a shot.

Is there anyway I can use this Dell as a second screen for my Mac Mini? The HDMI on the Mini is free, the Thunderbolt obviously isn't (as that is running to my ATD). I hear the ATD WON'T daisy chain to a MDP screen, and the HDMI on the Mini only supports a max of 1920x1080?

I won't want to run the Dell at anything less than 2560x1440, so is that possible through the HDMI port at all? Or is there a way to run it via the Thunderbolt port on the ATD? The connections on the back of the Dell are:

- 1 Dual Link DVI-D with HDCP
- 1 DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 Mini DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 HDMI
- 1 DisplayPort out

Anyone have any suggestions on getting this screen to function at 2560x1440 alongside my ATD? As I say, really don't matter if not, just worth a try :)

ta

All you need is another TB device between the Thunderbolt Display and the dell monitor. Something as simple as the Seagate desktop thunderbolt hard drive. Then you can run any display port monitor after the apple Thunderbolt Display.
 
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