Any reason I should keep the old 30" cinema display?

[Alaska_guy]

The power brick finally died on it. I have a new power brick on the way, but is there any real reason to keep this monitor today? This thing is power hungry at 180w! The resolution only goes to 2560x1600 or something.

This was paired with my older mac pro 3,1.

 

[Alaska_guy]

I am guessing its the power brick, when I plug in the power cable to the 30" cinema display no lights come on... IE: No power led on the front. Pushing the power button on the right of the monitor does nothing and the +/- for dimming of the monitor does nothing.

If I plug in the DVI cable to the back of my mac pro nothing happens. I plug in another monitor to my mac pro and it works just fine.

I figured I would start with the power brick and if that doesn't work then this thing becomes a paperweight. Due to the weird proprietary apple connector for the power on the DC side it's next to impossible for me to test for voltage on the 24v DC side. I was tempted to stick 2 needles through the wire casing on the DC side power cable that goes to the monitor and then use my meter that way... It's pretty common practice to check for voltage this way on vehicles when you wish not to ruin the cables.

Eh, I may try and give that a shot.
[doublepost=1546720740][/doublepost]Well, zero volts. So hopefully the power brick fixes the issue.

 

[tpivette89]

I am guessing its the power brick, when I plug in the power cable to the 30" cinema display no lights come on... IE: No power led on the front. Pushing the power button on the right of the monitor does nothing and the +/- for dimming of the monitor does nothing.

If I plug in the DVI cable to the back of my mac pro nothing happens. I plug in another monitor to my mac pro and it works just fine.

I figured I would start with the power brick and if that doesn't work then this thing becomes a paperweight. Due to the weird proprietary apple connector for the power on the DC side it's next to impossible for me to test for voltage on the 24v DC side. I was tempted to stick 2 needles through the wire casing on the DC side power cable that goes to the monitor and then use my meter that way... It's pretty common practice to check for voltage this way on vehicles when you wish not to ruin the cables.

Eh, I may try and give that a shot.
[doublepost=1546720740][/doublepost]Well, zero volts. So hopefully the power brick fixes the issue.

The power brick would be the first place to start.

If you have no use for it currently, or for the foreseeable future, you could list it for sale on craigslist. They usually fetch between $150 - $250 dependent on condition in my area.

They are an awesome monitor, though. Super huge when first introduced, and still impressive today. Crazy expensive when new, also. A piece of Apple history.

 

[Alaska_guy]

Well, I bought a cheap $20 LED power adapter, cut the cable and put some connectors on the end and retrofitted to the $20 power supply and the monitor lives! Man, I forgot how nice these things look. If the fan wasn't so loud in this power supply adapter I would continue using it.

Now that I know the power adapter (brick) is bad hopefully someone here has one laying around that they no longer need... Otherwise I will try and hunt on the bay for one for a decent price.

 

[tpivette89]

Well, I bought a cheap $20 LED power adapter, cut the cable and put some connectors on the end and retrofitted to the $20 power supply and the monitor lives! Man, I forgot how nice these things look. If the fan wasn't so loud in this power supply adapter I would continue using it.

Now that I know the power adapter (brick) is bad hopefully someone here has one laying around that they no longer need... Otherwise I will try and hunt on the bay for one for a decent price.

Ebay seems to be way too expensive for these old power bricks. Check www.shopgoodwill.com, that's where I picked up a power brick for my aluminum 23" Apple display for cheap.

 

[Alaska_guy]

Thanks, I went ahead and disconnected the fan in the mean time.