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    External LCD goes black when connecting iPhone

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by roobarb, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. roobarb

    roobarb Notebook Consultant

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    When I connect my iPhone to my Macbook, the external 22" display goes black for about a second, then the picture comes back.
    When I recieve a call or an sms or the phone just searches for a signal, (the buzzing sound in speakers) the screen also goes black.

    I have a Windows NTFS partion visible on my desktop. When I press the button to hide harddrives on the desktop in the settings, only the Macintosh HD disappears, the windows partion named "Unnamed" still remains there.
    Having reinstalled windows a couple of times through bootcamp, I discovered that this only happens if I make a new partion while the harddrives are hidden on the desktop.
    If i make a new partion when the harddrives AREN'T hidden from the desktop, then both the Macintosh HD and the Unnamed disk disappears when I press the "Hide harddrives" button in Finder settings.

    How do I solve the iPhone problem?
    And how do I make my windows partion hidden without deleting it and making a new one when the harddrives aren't hidden from the desktop?
    Any help is appreciated
     
  2. roobarb

    roobarb Notebook Consultant

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    Screen still goes black even though the iPhone isn't connected to the computers USB port.
    Must be that the screen isn't grounded.

    Still got the problem with the harddrive visibility..