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Connecting a Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh to an External Monitor
15 Comments | Posted by Victor Goh in Dell, Mac OS X, Photo
Dell Mini 10v hackintosh connected to a Dell 22″ LCD Monitor running at 1680×1050. The desktop is extended to the external display. I read somewhere that using mirror mode with an external display may crash the Dell Mini 10v hackintosh. I didn’t try it.
Connected to a Philips 42″ LCD TV at 1360×768. It’s beautiful.
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15 Comments for Connecting a Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh to an External Monitor
nooidea | October 14, 2009 at 2:33 pm
trent | May 18, 2010 at 6:15 am
Whenever I try to do this the screen on both of my monitors goes haywire. Lines start crisscrossing and I have no idea what’s going on. Am I missing an application to do this?
10v Hackintosh Snow Leopard here to standard VGA out into 23″ wide flat screen display. Any help greatly appreciated.
Author comment by Victor Goh | May 19, 2010 at 1:35 am
Hi Trent, just make sure you’re using Extended Desktop and not Mirroring when connecting to an external monitor.
Charles | May 25, 2010 at 3:21 pm
How have you connected the 10v to the TV? Are you using a VGA converter? Thanks
Author comment by Victor Goh | May 31, 2010 at 6:15 am
I’m using a VGA cable cause my TV has a VGA input.
Sash | June 5, 2010 at 2:29 am
I’ve got a similar set up, but now the 10v won’t run unless its plugged in even when the external monitor is not plegged in. any recommendations?
Author comment by Victor Goh | June 6, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Your 10v won’t run as it cannot be turned on?
kyle | June 9, 2010 at 12:04 am
i accidentally selected mirror mode on my external display and both screens went crazy…lines and colors with no clarity. how can i reset the external display to not be in mirror mode? every time i plug it in now it defaults to mirror mode and crashes the displays…
kyle | June 9, 2010 at 12:14 am
i’ve resolved the problem. i just approximated where the check box was before plugging in the display and clicked in that area until i unchecked it once i had plugged it in. worked.
but yes, mirror mode will make your displays go haywire
Author comment by Victor Goh | June 14, 2010 at 1:45 am
Hi Kyle, glad to hear that you’ve managed to resolve the problem. This mirror mode problem seems to trip up a lot of people.
bill | July 24, 2010 at 1:04 pm
I have the same problem i just dont understand where to find the box to check can you help? thanks
hans wurst | July 28, 2010 at 2:45 pm
It’s a pain in the behind into which I had gotten myself last week.
Turns out that you can’t see the checkbox when you don’t have an external monitor connected (that’s computer “intelligence” for you), and of course you can’t see it when the monitor is attached either, because mirroring doesn’t work with the Hackintosh.
Turns out there is a tool on your Hackintosh that allows you to turn mirror off.
Type the following in a terminal window: /Extra/bin/mirroring off
Then connect the external monitor before hitting enter.
DenisM | July 30, 2010 at 5:16 pm
I could not boot to a viewable screen – all purple and stripes.- for the same reason.
Is there any way to recover I asked myself ??
I tried recovery=Y on booting and it worked 
Standard screen back again
Regards
D.
DenisM | July 30, 2010 at 5:40 pm
AAARRRRGH !!!!
When I reboot without recovery , it’s still the same….
Any solution ?
D.
DenisM | July 31, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Ok
Read about Fabian Canas Mirroring utility on MyDellMini.com.
Search: Fabian Canas mirror.
Installed that and all is well.
I can now turn off mirroring
D.
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really beautifull!