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adamjg wrote:

subdrewgans wrote:

Is there any way that I could connect my MacBook Pro to the monitor to use it basically as a desktop.

Sorry, the iMac isn't set-up the same way a regular monitor is – there is no monitor connection port out on the iMac.

Just get a used CRT monitor as an external diplay, don't need to spend a lot; you can probably get one for free; people just toss them out these days. Check craigslist.org under free. Check first to see what kind of external display port is on the Macbook. It's either DVI or VGA.

I'm actually pretty certain that there is a monitor in on the iMac's display.
It's a moot point anyway since it is DB15, so in addition to the DVI-VGA you'd need a VGA-DB15 and You'd have to take the bottom plastic plate off of the iMac to get to it AND the imac would make a bulky, poopy external monitor with it's 13.8" viewable 1024X786 resolution.

It can still useful though.
The computer will take up to a 128GB HD and RAM might still be cheap from macsales.com.

SamGuy wrote:

adamjg wrote:

subdrewgans wrote:

Is there any way that I could connect my MacBook Pro to the monitor to use it basically as a desktop.

Sorry, the iMac isn't set-up the same way a regular monitor is – there is no monitor connection port out on the iMac.

Just get a used CRT monitor as an external diplay, don't need to spend a lot; you can probably get one for free; people just toss them out these days. Check craigslist.org under free. Check first to see what kind of external display port is on the Macbook. It's either DVI or VGA.

I'm actually pretty certain that there is a monitor in on the iMac's display.
[snip]

According to MacTracker (donationware) only the  "flavored" iMacs that were 400 MHz or faster had video out for mirroring only.

dvpierce wrote:

SamGuy wrote:

I'm actually pretty certain that there is a monitor in on the iMac's display.

No, there is not. I've taken apart more 233-333MHz iMacs than I care to recount.

It's a moot point anyway since it is DB15, so in addition to the DVI-VGA you'd need a VGA-DB15 and You'd have to take the bottom plastic plate off of the iMac to get to it AND the imac would make a bulky, poopy external monitor with it's 13.8" viewable 1024X786 resolution.

You can take it off and connect the iMac to an external monitor, though.

so if there's no video in on the iMacs CRT then how does it get a video signal from the motherboard?

D'Eyncourt wrote:

According to MacTracker (donationware) only the  "flavored" iMacs that were 400 MHz or faster had video out for mirroring only.

If there's no video out on the logic board then where does the display get it's video signal from?

Last edited by SamGuy (2008-02-17 4:56 am)

SamGuy wrote:

http://forums.appleinsider.com/archive/index.php/t-20134.html
http://www.djonmac.com/drive/removechassis.html
http://www.carnforth.co.uk/imac/index.php
http://www.macopz.com/columns/imacrepai … embly.html


The logic board has a video out.
The display has a video in.
=
The iMac can be hooked up to an external display.
The iMac can be hooked up as an external display.

VGA

sorry

"The iMac" is referring to the iMac in question, not all iMacs.  I could have phrased it better.  I was going for shorter, simpler sentences.

FutureDreamz wrote:

SamGuy wrote:

The logic board has a video out.
The display has a video in.
=
The iMac can be hooked up to an external display.
The iMac can be hooked up as an external display.

VGA

from just a few posts up:

SamGuy wrote:

I'm actually pretty certain that there is a monitor in on the iMac's display.
It's a moot point anyway since it is DB15, so in addition to the DVI-VGA you'd need a VGA-DB15 and You'd have to take the bottom plastic plate off of the iMac to get to it AND the imac would make a bulky, poopy external monitor with it's 13.8" viewable 1024X786 resolution.

No offense but this whole thread (and all threads) would be about half the size if people actually read all of it before replying.  I could be wrong about your post but not about a lot of the others.

Last edited by SamGuy (2008-02-17 3:09 pm)