15" core i7 displaylink woes

dlee96 · 07-13-2010, 09:47 PM

I can confirm the procedure by doctorkrit to work. As the previous poster mentions, the problems appears to be related to the attribution of primary display status. I do still experience problems when an external display is set as the primary and I unplug the displaylink adapter.
Further reinforcing the theory of problems being associated with the primary display status, users of the latest gen machines and Air Display (iPad as external display) are experiencing similar issues. Many problems are addressed with proper attribution of a primary display.

My hope is that Apple fixes this in a software update.

-David

perlguy9 · 07-16-2010, 04:39 PM

Any word on an updated driver to support the new MacBook Pro's?

aiyagari · 07-20-2010, 10:12 PM

See the "failing to wake from sleep..." thread that has a thumbs-up on it.

I posted a tentative workaround that seems to have worked for the last 2 days -- crossing my fingers that it is a permanent solution.

pablo · 08-17-2010, 01:28 AM

I'm having the same issues with my 17" i7. This is a real problem, that has not only cost me a lot of time, but money as well. I could not figure out what was happening with my laptop, which had worked perfectly for the 2 months previous owned it. I had this adapter since day 1, which had worked perfectly as well. Then 2 weeks ago, it started to crash when it went to sleep and upon restart failed to display anything unless I had an external monitor plugged in. I took it to the apple store for the techs to look at it. They had thought it was a failed logic board and sent it out for repair. So I had to buy another computer to work off of while this was out for repair. Yeah, I can return it, but it is still costing me over $100 because of this driver. Plus all the time I wasted trying to figure this out and transfer all my data back and forth. When will a stable driver be available? You should pull your driver, because clearly it doesn't work and is causing way more harm then good. At the very least put up some of the problems associated with this release so users can recognize the issues and know how to address them.

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07-13-2010, 09:47 PM	#1
dlee96 Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 10	I can confirm the procedure by doctorkrit to work. As the previous poster mentions, the problems appears to be related to the attribution of primary display status. I do still experience problems when an external display is set as the primary and I unplug the displaylink adapter. Further reinforcing the theory of problems being associated with the primary display status, users of the latest gen machines and Air Display (iPad as external display) are experiencing similar issues. Many problems are addressed with proper attribution of a primary display. My hope is that Apple fixes this in a software update. -David

07-16-2010, 04:39 PM	#2
perlguy9 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4	Any word on an updated driver to support the new MacBook Pro's?

07-20-2010, 10:12 PM	#3
aiyagari Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 12	See the "failing to wake from sleep..." thread that has a thumbs-up on it. I posted a tentative workaround that seems to have worked for the last 2 days -- crossing my fingers that it is a permanent solution.

08-17-2010, 01:28 AM	#4
pablo Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2	I'm having the same issues with my 17" i7. This is a real problem, that has not only cost me a lot of time, but money as well. I could not figure out what was happening with my laptop, which had worked perfectly for the 2 months previous owned it. I had this adapter since day 1, which had worked perfectly as well. Then 2 weeks ago, it started to crash when it went to sleep and upon restart failed to display anything unless I had an external monitor plugged in. I took it to the apple store for the techs to look at it. They had thought it was a failed logic board and sent it out for repair. So I had to buy another computer to work off of while this was out for repair. Yeah, I can return it, but it is still costing me over $100 because of this driver. Plus all the time I wasted trying to figure this out and transfer all my data back and forth. When will a stable driver be available? You should pull your driver, because clearly it doesn't work and is causing way more harm then good. At the very least put up some of the problems associated with this release so users can recognize the issues and know how to address them.