What is the result of connecting a single link (DVI-D) video source to a dual link monitor?

Alex Hewitt hewitt_tech at comcast.net
Wed Oct 14 17:37:43 EDT 2009


I'm trying to connect a new Mac Mini to a Barco monitor. The Barco 
monitor expects a dual link video source (2048 x 1536 /1536 x 2048) but 
the Mini is outputing single link DVI-D.  The Mac  sees the monitor as 
having a resolution of 1280x1024. Apple makes a dual link DVI adapter 
but I don't know if this will allow the Barco to work properly. Anyone 
have any experience with this kind of setup?

The Mac Pro does have a dual link video but I'm not sure if that system 
would also have the same problem. The Barco site only describes MS 
Windows systems and provides drivers for the same.

-Alex

P.S. BTW, we did connect a Totoku 3MP display (2048x1536) which uses a 
DVI-D connection and that display worked at full resolution.


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