I bought 2nd hand Apple Studio 15" monitor without power supply- where can I find one not over £50? Is there a generic supply I could use or is it locked down to apple supplies, which are thin on the ground for a monitor this old... Thanks

Hi, Thanks for responding.

I solved it in the end- It was a bit of an anomaly. An old G4 tower with ADC and VGA connection, and an older, pre ADC! DVI connecting Apple Studio display, with separate power USB and DVI connections feeding into a thick umbilical cord.

Apple seemed to have gone from VGA to DVi to ADC and back to DVI.

For the power supply I cannibalised an old powerbook supply that was out of use and soldered a new 2.5 power supply female jack to the end. That power supply would have almost cost as much to buy as a proper monitor supply, but I had it and it wasn't in use so It was worth a try. Thankfully it got power supply to the monitor.

Then I found a cheap VGA to DVI, which didn't work because it's a digital signal, and Finally I tried a converter from ADC to DVI (for Formac displays) and it worked straight away, with all features intact. Turn on the monitor and the G4 starts up and everything...

Hope that's useful to someone else. May be a rare problem...
W Hi, Thanks for responding. I solved it in the end- It was a bit of an anomaly. An old G4 tower with ADC and VGA connection, and an older, pre ADC! DVI connecting Apple Studio display, with separate power USB and DVI connections feeding into a thick umbilical cord. Apple seemed to have gone from VGA to DVi to ADC and back to DVI. For the power supply I cannibalised an old powerbook supply that was out of use and soldered a new 2.5 power supply female jack to the end. That power supply would have almost cost as much to buy as a proper monitor supply, but I had it and it wasn't in use so It was worth a try. Thankfully it got power supply to the monitor. Then I found a cheap VGA to DVI, which didn't work because it's a digital signal, and Finally I tried a converter from ADC to DVI (for Formac displays) and it worked straight away, with all features intact. Turn on the monitor and the G4 starts up and everything... Hope that's useful to someone else. May be a rare problem... W

If your display only has 1 cable coming out of it, It may be an ADC display. Apple made their own digital standard shortly before DVI came out. This one cable carries digital video, power and USB.

Sadly, an ADC to DVI converter runs about $90. If your display only has 1 cable coming out of it, It may be an ADC display. Apple made their own digital standard shortly before DVI came out. This one cable carries digital video, power and USB. Sadly, an ADC to DVI converter runs about $90.