Opes Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hello. Since Apple wont do it, I wanna make myself an adapter to go from Mini DisplayPort to DVI+3.5mm jack. I can get all the cables and ports, just need to know what to solder to what. Can anyone make a diagram for me? Here are the pinouts of Mini DisplayPort: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort DVI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface They are on the right side. Thanks in advance . -Opes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 It's not just a case of soldering wires, you need a chip to convert the digital signal from displayport to analog audio, and to the digital format of DVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opes Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 It's not just a case of soldering wires, you need a chip to convert the digital signal from displayport to analog audio, and to the digital format of DVI. Okay. Wish it would be simple. Guess I will just have to wait for an adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailyKaos Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Maybe I'm wrong but the Mini Display port on the MacBooks aren't spec'd for sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Here you go: Get this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/A...;mco=MjE0ODQ0Mg Then your choice of audio... be it digital, 3.5mm, or bluetooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazubu Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 It's not just a case of soldering wires, you need a chip to convert the digital signal from displayport to analog audio, and to the digital format of DVI. Most cards already have that built in for backward compatibility, this is the case for the apple cards that support the aforementioned adapter hence its relatively low price. The card does makes DVI signal through DP port, the adapter only remaps the pins. However I'm pretty confident that this pinout is apple proprietary and that you'll be screwed with your own card. Knowing what you have would help, I could quickly tell from a BIOS dump if your card is at least able to generate TMDS signal (DVI). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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