I installed the update yesterday and used my computer for a couple of hours. Usually I would suffer a black screen once or twice. This time it didn't happen.
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Great for 2012 Mini's but what about 2011 & 2010??
I'm thrilled there's a response from Apple and a solution as well. I have a Late 2010 Mini that has the same issue - there are no EFI Updates that address this for those machines ... any ideas ... I guess not enough people complained earlier...
I'm thrilled there's a response from Apple and a solution as well. I have a Late 2010 Mini that has the same issue - there are no EFI Updates that address this for those machines ... any ideas ... I guess not enough people complained earlier...
more likely you have a bad cable, a bad mini jack or a bad jack in your monitor/tv. Also minis do not like some older tvs and monitors
I have upgraded more then 50 2010 minis with 0 black screen issues.
I do know the 2009 machines had the problem I had a lot of black screens with them. 10 or 15 out of 60 had issues then they did do a fix for them.
Also the 2011's were good I had about 70 all good.
the 2012's have been 4 in 4 bad so far. but the patch is working.
I can't speak for HDMI connections, but my two thunderbolt displays in a maxed out 2012 mini consistently flicker to black still.
Seen a few users post about this still. Looks like the got the biggest part of the flickering worked out, but still got some more work to do before its solved completely.
I used to see both the black screen and the snowy screen some times every day.
After updating the firmware, I haven't had the black screen so far.
But the snowy screen still exists.
After updating the firmware, I haven't had the black screen so far.
But the snowy screen still exists.
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I cannot install the update, I download it and when I try to install it it tells me I have the "wrong package" or something to that effect.
What am I doing wrong ?
What am I doing wrong ?
Well, I got my answer soon enough.
The black screens and snow are gone; however, my Thunderbolt Crashes aren't. I just had one a few minutes ago. I went to another forum, and out of the blue, BAM.
Given that I'm seeing garbage on the screen (both the TB display and the HDMI display now), I'm wondering if it's a video memory problem. Crap. Until it becomes more prevalent, I guess I'll have to deal with it... who knows if the Apple Store will do anything if they can't reproduce it.
Rob
The black screens and snow are gone; however, my Thunderbolt Crashes aren't. I just had one a few minutes ago. I went to another forum, and out of the blue, BAM.
Given that I'm seeing garbage on the screen (both the TB display and the HDMI display now), I'm wondering if it's a video memory problem. Crap. Until it becomes more prevalent, I guess I'll have to deal with it... who knows if the Apple Store will do anything if they can't reproduce it.
Rob
had one black screen within minutes of turning new mini on for first time. once i ran the update, no blacks screens or video quality issues at all, and am connected via HDMI.
the computer display looks even better than my cable box dislay quality on my tv.
the computer display looks even better than my cable box dislay quality on my tv.
Famous Apple slogan " It just works ! "
How about " It barely works ! " ?
Apple is good at making products for their closed proprietary system, like an all-in-one iMac. Once customers have choices for their peripherals, it's not easy to say "It just works". I can see Microsoft's challenge in making so many hardware (both internal and external) compatible with Windows.
Is it a problem with running two TB displays? I have on TB display hooked up to the TB port on the 2012 mini and a second using HDMI->DVI and haven't had any issues with the TB display.
Yeah, 2 TBDs daisy chained to 1 TB port and constant flickering. More workload makes then flicker more. Returning and switching to new iMac + TBD instead.
TB to HDMI adapter did not fix it for me ...
Did the firmware fix released this week fix it? Seems to have resolved it for everyone else.
Yeah I'm not sure why some others are having problems. Several of the people that had issues reported having something in-between the mini and the monitor, like a AV receiver. So it appears it's something with their setup (bad cable, old monitor, etc) that's the missing link.
black screens and snowy screens are fixed; but not the color issues. gotta to wait till 10.8.3
I truly am sorry to hear about everybody's issues in this thread.
I posted a couple of weeks ago about planning to purchase a mini, but waiting until this issue was resolved.
Based on the update, I went ahead and purchase my new mini.
I am running 4 Dell monitors; A 2405, 2412 & 2x 2312. I'm happy to say that I have no issues with with either of the 24". One is run from the DP & one from the HDMI.
I am having a bit of issues with the 2x23", with are both run with Plugable USB to DVI adapters. They're stuttering a bit and having alignment issues.
While I cannot really hold the MM responsible for this, the USB>DVI adapters worked better on my 2010 27" iMac. I believe this is either caused by the better graphics capability in the iMac or a slight conflict with OS 10.8.3.
Just thought I'd pass along my experiences with the new mini & 4 monitors.
I posted a couple of weeks ago about planning to purchase a mini, but waiting until this issue was resolved.
Based on the update, I went ahead and purchase my new mini.
I am running 4 Dell monitors; A 2405, 2412 & 2x 2312. I'm happy to say that I have no issues with with either of the 24". One is run from the DP & one from the HDMI.
I am having a bit of issues with the 2x23", with are both run with Plugable USB to DVI adapters. They're stuttering a bit and having alignment issues.
While I cannot really hold the MM responsible for this, the USB>DVI adapters worked better on my 2010 27" iMac. I believe this is either caused by the better graphics capability in the iMac or a slight conflict with OS 10.8.3.
Just thought I'd pass along my experiences with the new mini & 4 monitors.