This is why the PS3 is far superior... less issues.
Sorry 360 Fan boys.. but the 360 has been a mess since day one. Typical MS crap, they take 2 years to resolve things.. I'm sure Vista will work great after Win7 comes out. They don't care about their customer base like Sony does. If there is an issue.. Sony seems to resolve it usually within 24 hours.
I think it may be random, I just got my Xbox from Santa Claus, and I get no sound through HDMI.
Not sure if it was mentioned but the only way for me to get sound is to take my HDD off, start up the console and let it load, then put the HDD back on then it resets itself and I have sound.
@Cameron Whaley: huh, my brand new Samsung doesn't have any problems with the audio over HD, but I did also buy a brand new xbox arcade at about the same time to replace my unreliable launch era xbox...
But I also don't normally use the TV speakers, so it may have been intermittently dropping out with out me noticing (I use the HDMI->TV and AV/optical out to my old 5.1 deck)...
But I know the audio signal on the HDMI works whenever I have the TV speakers on.
While this corrupted graphics issue does suck, why do you post such crap Giz?
"Patch that does not mention problem X does not address problem X?" Seriously? In other news, tomato soup does not cure migraines, and Kobe Bryant still does not improve your gas mileage. Outrage!
@diabolusunknownTheSecond: Well, that's sort of true. I installed a video card that was bit too advanced for my mobo, so it didn't position properly on one of the monitors it was hooked to. VGA was perfect, but DVI gave me a bright pink line about 2mm wide on one side. Had to downgrade. Moral is, compatibility is a little more complex than "does it fit?"
@Dafrety: that seems to be very true. Every first gen product has some kind of serious error that takes forever to fix. As attractive as I find the new MacBook, I wouldn't buy one for at least another 6 months.
That said, with the hardware bump on the $1000 Macbook (white) it seems like that might be the best way to go right now. Basically the same hardware, including the graphics chip, but $300 less.
Everything from your description sounds like the voltage is sagging on the USB port, causing the adapter to freak out. Since the USB is only used for power (it HAS to be, because there is no way to "piggyback" on an active USB connection), you should be able to solve the problem by plugging the USB cord from the adapter into an ipod/iphone wall wart, or a powered USB hub. The hub doesn't even need to be plugged in to the wall, either.
Heck, since you're using the dell display, you could probably also just plug the USB into the ports on the monitor itself, it's got a hub in it.
@Jason Chen: Save your time. I tried it. Doesn't work. My current theory is that it has something to do with the Nvidia GPU(s) - In Clamshell mode with Internal Display off, the problem will always occur and reappear within minutes, with internal Display running (via 9600) the problem can be fixed most of the time by reinserting the Mini Displayport Plug after first occurence after which the screen remains stable. Meanwhile I tried with various Displays, it is bound to happen sooner or later no matter which USB configuration or Screen is used. Nevertheless, there must be some configurations out there that do work, as the Apple engineers can not be as braindead as to release hardware after months of delay that obviously doesn't work at all. Or are they?
You know, I have to say, I've had my 15" 2.4 MBP since October, and I have had none of the aforementioned and highly publicized issues. I have had no video, ram, sleep, or trackpad issues. Now, I can say that I have never used this adapter, so I have no comment on this.
That's why, when the new notebooks were announced, i bought a refurbished 2.6Ghz Macbook pro and maxed out everything in it. I'm gonna keep this thing for a year until revision b of the new MBPs happens. Then i'll upgrade.
for now, i'm happy that I only paid $1699 for a 2.6Ghz computer and you suckers spent $2499 for a 2.5 ghz computer with video, ram, sleep and trackpad problems.
I think Apple gets a lot of flack on this board because yall are just a bunch of fruit haters! But that aside, how do you measure progress without actually making a progression? Sometimes progression is painful, otherwise we would never have firewire, a mouse(actually developed by Xerox but it took Steve to steal it!) or GUI even, (also stolen from Xerox). What if people said back then "What, we don't need this stoopid mouse, what's wrong with the keyboard and joystick?" All I am saying is sometimes to move things in a new direction, one has to do drastic things.
Also, if you bought a laptop, esp the big one, why do need another screen? If you need more realestate, get a tower, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FOR!
My Macbook works flawlessly with my HP w2007 in desktop mode. With the clamshell closed, and sitting on a cooling pad connected to my daisy-chained drives, it's far more versatile, despite its lack of on-board expandability, because I can turn it off, disconnect 3-4 little plugs on the side and just stick it in my bag and skidaddle when I want to travel with it. I could just get a desktop and use the Macbook solely for travel, but that's even more expensive.
I have had my adapter for a little over a week now and it has worked flawlessly with my 30" apple cinema display so maybe it is just something with the dells or you got a bad one. I have seen no weirdness and have used it probably over 40 hrs with multiple plug/unplugs.
@type11: Check out the post, I say that the problem's occured on Apple's own Cinema Displays too. But, at this point I have no idea what's causing it, whether or it's the adapter that's the problem or what.
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Sorry 360 Fan boys.. but the 360 has been a mess since day one. Typical MS crap, they take 2 years to resolve things.. I'm sure Vista will work great after Win7 comes out. They don't care about their customer base like Sony does. If there is an issue.. Sony seems to resolve it usually within 24 hours.
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The troll is weak with this one.
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I think it may be random, I just got my Xbox from Santa Claus, and I get no sound through HDMI.
Not sure if it was mentioned but the only way for me to get sound is to take my HDD off, start up the console and let it load, then put the HDD back on then it resets itself and I have sound.
every.single.time it sucks.
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HDMI audio works just fine for me too.
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But I also don't normally use the TV speakers, so it may have been intermittently dropping out with out me noticing (I use the HDMI->TV and AV/optical out to my old 5.1 deck)...
But I know the audio signal on the HDMI works whenever I have the TV speakers on.
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"Patch that does not mention problem X does not address problem X?" Seriously? In other news, tomato soup does not cure migraines, and Kobe Bryant still does not improve your gas mileage. Outrage!
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You know, the $30 adapter still exists, and for the most part, users are not going to be hooking up their Macbooks to dual-link DVI externals.
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Sure, but shouldn't those who *want* to do this be able to?
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In the PC world, we can take our adapters to anything that will fit it.
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That said, with the hardware bump on the $1000 Macbook (white) it seems like that might be the best way to go right now. Basically the same hardware, including the graphics chip, but $300 less.
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cool feature, bros.
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Heck, since you're using the dell display, you could probably also just plug the USB into the ports on the monitor itself, it's got a hub in it.
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for now, i'm happy that I only paid $1699 for a 2.6Ghz computer and you suckers spent $2499 for a 2.5 ghz computer with video, ram, sleep and trackpad problems.
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Also, if you bought a laptop, esp the big one, why do need another screen? If you need more realestate, get a tower, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FOR!
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My Macbook works flawlessly with my HP w2007 in desktop mode. With the clamshell closed, and sitting on a cooling pad connected to my daisy-chained drives, it's far more versatile, despite its lack of on-board expandability, because I can turn it off, disconnect 3-4 little plugs on the side and just stick it in my bag and skidaddle when I want to travel with it. I could just get a desktop and use the Macbook solely for travel, but that's even more expensive.
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