External Display Issues on MacBook Pro with Win 7 or Vista 64bit
I finally installed Window 7 via bootcamp after trying it out as a VM on my MacBook Pro for a month.
First of course I had to get around theridiculous restriction placed by Apple that bootcamp can be used only if the primary HDD is unpartitioned and is a single logical drive. WTF? How retarded is that? I tried to get clever by partitioning the mac primary partition *after* creating a bootcamp partition and installing Windows. If you do that, bootcamp stops recognizing your Windows partition. Messed up and idiotic but it’s not like Apple is known for listening to users. Anyway, I digress.
So, after I got on Win 7 via bootcamp, my Dell external display wouldn’t work. If I unplugged and plugged it back in via the mini display port, it would get recognized but try as I might, it would not allow me to duplicate or extend my display to the external monitor.
I guessed this was an issue with the nvidia drivers (nvidia GEForce 9600M GT). To fix the issue, download the latest Vista 64bit drivers from nvidia here.
Works just fine after a restart. If your monitor is not recognized even after a restart, unplug and plug it back into the mini-display port.
Note that this fix is for Win7 64bit. I don’t know if the same issue exists for Win7 x86. I would be interested in hearing back from you guys if you found the same issue on Win7 x86 or Vista.
Category: Fundas, Updated at January 19, 2009 by The Fat Oracle | Log in
I'm having a very similar problem with Win7 32bit on a Macbook Pro, using a mini-DVI to VGA connector and a Samsung display. Windows will recognize the Samsung about half the time, but for duplicating the desktop only – if I try to use just the Samsung, or try to extend my display, it reverts back to the Macbook's LCD only. The Samsung disappears from the displays list and is replaced – sometimes – by a generic digital display. I have to unplug and replug the Samsung to get it to work again.
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I have also that problem, thanks for sharing this info.
I have also that problem, thanks for sharing this info.