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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really beautifull!
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.
Hi Trent, just make sure you’re using Extended Desktop and not Mirroring when connecting to an external monitor.
How have you connected the 10v to the TV? Are you using a VGA converter? Thanks
I’m using a VGA cable cause my TV has a VGA input.
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?
Your 10v won’t run as it cannot be turned on?
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…
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
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.
I have the same problem i just dont understand where to find the box to check can you help? thanks
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.
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.
AAARRRRGH !!!!
When I reboot without recovery , it’s still the same….
Any solution ?
D.
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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I had the same problem when I connected my Dell Mini 9 to a screen projector and turned on mirroring. What I had to do to turn off mirroring was:
1. Open Terminal app
2. sudo -s
3. Type in your password (leave cursor in terminal window)
4. plug your external monitor
5. /Extra/bin/mirroring off
THis restored my displays.
Hope this helps….
VL
/Extra/bin/mirroring off
works!
thx
Have lost my ability to mirror from Dell Mini 10v to external VGA monitor. None of the instructions here seems to work. What am I missing?
Thanks, knew there had to be a terminal command, but didn’t know it till I read what you guys wrote.
Dudes, this program solved the external monitor issue when I accidentally turned on mirroring: http://www.fabiancanas.com/Projects/MirrorDisplays/
A quiet little app to install, no command line stuff needed.
Brian, thanks for the link.