This let me eliminate the cable, and I could focus on the monitor. I swapped the cable, but the issue remained.
#Mac mini video cable mac
My display was still black when plugged into the MacBook, so I could now eliminate the Mac mini as a culprit.Īt this moment, I was left with two probable suspects: monitor and cable.įortunately, I had another HDMI cable. The same I saw when I connected the display to my laptop. In my case, when I tried to turn on and off the monitor by pressing the power button in front, I saw it blinking for a second and switching from analog to HDMI (my monitor has both VGA and HDMI inputs). In order to eliminate a problem with Mac mini, I decided to connect the external monitor to my MacBook Pro. In the case of Mac mini black screen, the issue could be with one of three main components: Mac mini itself, external monitor, and HDMI or USB-C cable (depending on the kind of monitor plugged into your computer).
At this phase, you want to eliminate all unrelated causes for the problem. The first phase of any repair is troubleshooting. So, I decided to put a short guide while I am working on the problem. Again, since I was too lazy and since I don’t really use Mac mini much, I left it in that state for several days.Īnd it would stay black screen of death unless my family bugged me for a couple of days to fix it. However, this drastic measure did not fix the issue on hand. In fact, I always suggest to avoid it if possible, but it’s Ok to do it sometimes. Since I was too lazy to fix it, all I did is to do a hard shutdown by holding a power button for several seconds. Last week the external monitor on my Mac mini 2012 went black.
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