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salmonoficial

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 12, 2026
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Hi! I bought an Apple display (acrylic one) for 15$, tbh I don't want to buy the ADC adapter, as I don´t know if my display works, I'm trying to make a mod, by taking out the ADC cable and soldering an HDMI cable and USB for the hub, I have already studied the pinnout of the ADC and HDMI and they seem to use the same digital standard (Because ADC is just a derivation of DVI and DVI is the "father" of HDMI)

The thing is, I'm trying to figure out how to make the HOT PLUG PIN work, as ADC doesn't have one, it has a 13 pin called "soft power" but I don't know if injecting the +5v of HDMI's 18 pin will work to power on the display.

I already figured how other pins and data lines work, but the 13 pin is driving me crazy lmao

Edit: I'm going to solder and put a DC connector for the 25v supply, so that is covered (I think)

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