How do I find out which screen my iMac has?

[Sir Ruben]

Nothing wrong with my screen, just curious to know if its an LG, Samsung etc.

Found a command line on the web for Terminal but when I hit return it just comes up with another blank line and no info.

So how do I do it? Hit me up!

 

[Fez Vrasta]

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r

Look at the beginning of the last line to see which manufacturer made your display. If it starts with LP then you have an LG display. Samsung displays start with LSN

Or try this out:

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20568681/

Mine is 0000A022 and is Samsung so.

 

[mgb1120]

Mine says 0000AE03 is that samsung?

And it's the good screen very very minimal backlight bleed

 

[Fez Vrasta]

Mine says 0000AE03 is that samsung?

And it's the good screen very very minimal backlight bleed

Are you sure you copied the model? I can't find anything searching it.

 

[redheeler]

Are you sure you copied the model? I can't find anything searching it.

It is correct, mine is the same. I've always assumed an LG panel.

 

[mgb1120]

Yeah that's the number under it

 

[Genkakuzai]

Hmm for some reason neither of the tricks "work" for me. At least I can't seem to find any info on the model 0000B005. And the terminal command gives me nothing of value (worked like a charm on my MBP). Could it have anything to do with me having had my screen replaced (through warranty)?

 

[redheeler]

Hmm for some reason neither of the tricks "work" for me. At least I can't seem to find any info on the model 0000B005. And the terminal command gives me nothing of value (worked like a charm on my MBP). Could it have anything to do with me having had my screen replaced (through warranty)?

The terminal trick has never worked for me either, both on my iMac and 13" rMBP.

 

[dyt1983]

edit: To remove personally identifying information not relevant to the thread.

 

[redheeler]

I believe you need to have a discrete GPU to be able to look for "LP" vs "LSN".

Pretty sure my Retina iMac has a discrete GPU

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... although some iMacs with dGPU will also not work.

Oh ok

 

[Genkakuzai]

I believe you need to have a discrete GPU to be able to look for "LP" vs "LSN", although some iMacs with dGPU will also not work.

Well I clearly do ^^ But yeah, doesn't seem to work for some reason. A tad bit annoying

 

[dyt1983]

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[Genkakuzai]

I'm examining the hexdumps now and I guess the information isn't in the ATI ones, although I only checked two different models with ATI graphics. I also checked a Mac Mini with nVidia and it works, and a Mac Mini with an ATI and it does not.

I guess we can update that statement to "with nVidia dGPU". (I'm not actually sure my iMac5K has a dGPU since I've not seen it... so it's just hearsay!)

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I'm not quite sure how it would be clear to me that you do. ??


EDIT: checked n Mac Pro (ATI) too, no soap.

Oh I'm sorry, I honestly had no idea iMac's were even available with integrated graphics. IIRC the 27" model wasn't when I bought mine, could certainly be wrong though. Anyhow, I've got the GTX 775M 2GB.

 

[dyt1983]

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[redheeler]

Oh I'm sorry, I honestly had no idea iMac's were even available with integrated graphics. IIRC the 27" model wasn't when I bought mine, could certainly be wrong though. Anyhow, I've got the GTX 775M 2GB.

You figured correctly, there isn't a 27" with integrated GPU, only the more recent low-end 21.5" models.

 

[redheeler]

But I guess because yours is ATI the monitor info isn't in the EDID.

The 775M is an Nvidia GPU.

 

[dyt1983]

The 775M is an Nvidia GPU.

My bad.

 

[dyt1983]

Hmm for some reason neither of the tricks "work" for me. At least I can't seem to find any info on the model 0000B005.

Ah, I should have read the whole thread. You did get the info for your display, so it did work on yours. If the manufacturer is 00000610, wouldn't that correspond to the manufacturer? Or are those generic? (if you don't want to peep the EDID you can view it under color profiles)

 

[dyt1983]

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[Genkakuzai]

Ah, I should have read the whole thread. You did get the info for your display, so it did work on yours. If the manufacturer is 00000610, wouldn't that correspond to the manufacturer? Or are those generic? (if you don't want to peep the EDID you can view it under color profiles)

Nopes the terminal command didn't give me anything of value at all, what I did find (0000B005) was in the color profile, but I can't seem to get any wiser with that info, sadly. It worked like a charm on my MacBook Pro however.