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argon3

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Oct 30, 2013
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Brand new late 2013 13” rMBP (Mavericks) with an odd problem. When I connect the computer to an external display in clamshell mode, the external display will power cycle – turning off every minute or so, and then turning back on about 10 seconds later. This happens connecting with both straight HDMI and also with a mini display port to HDMI cable.

This doesn’t happen when running Windows 8.1 in bootcamp on the same computer, so I don’t believe that this is a hardware issue.

Connected devices:
Powered USB Hub
Razer Death Adder Mouse (USB)
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard (brand new batteries)

I’m out of ideas on how to fix this outside of a full OS reinstall (I did not transfer anything when setting up). Any ideas on how I go about troubleshooting this? It’s unusable in its current state.

Thanks for any assistance, I'm frustrated/stumped.
 
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