cinema display with ThinkPad

[fjs08]

Hi,
A friend brought over his ThinkPad with a Port Replicator II (PRII) to see if he could hook it up to my 20" Cinema Display. He loves mine and wants to get one for himself. There is a port on the back of the PRII that takes the ?ADC or DVI which ever it is called, plug. I have a DVI to ADC adapter for the Mac. I have it plugged into a 15" TiBook.
Anyway, when he plugs it in, nothing happens. He can't bring up the monitor at all. We tried shutting everything down and doing a cold reboot, and he couldn't even get the ThinkPad to boot. When we unplugged the Cinema Display and replugged in a standard monitor to the "regular" video plug, everything worked fine. Is it that you just can't mix Apples and oranges??? So to speak<g>??

Frank

 

[carbonmotion]

Re: cinema display with ThinkPad

Is it that you just can't mix Apples and oranges??? So to speak<g>??

Frank [/B]

Assuming that he's running on WinXP Pro, he probably need drivers to use the Cinema or a hack.

 

[fjs08]

Hi,

>>Assuming that he's running on WinXP Pro, he probably need drivers to use the Cinema or a hack.<<

It's XP Pro. He wasn't happy. He may start looking for drivers. He loves the monitor<g>.

Frank

 

[g4pismo]

Depending on what thinkpad you have, the DVI port may not be active. The PR's usually work for an entire series (t20-t40). It may also have an inactive FireWire port on it as well...

 

[fjs08]

Not active. That's one I've not thought about. I'll have to check that one out.

Frank