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Apple did not run this wire down the iMac G4’s neck. As there was never a situation where they would need to know if the display was not receiving a video signal. As the computer itself handled all the sleep/wake protocols.
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The HDMI standard utilizes the HPD pin in order to detect an incoming device signal.
However as devices treat the HPD pin differently, most LCD panels have their own “sleep wake” signal which can tell the control board when the video signal drops out.
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Fan fact though!
Sleep wake does still work with most PC’s, as they use HDMI’s built in HPD pin to send a sleep signal to the display. Unfortunately on most Mac’s this signal is always active. Even when the Mac is asleep. Meaning the DockLite cannot see the Mac has gone to sleep.
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2/2 Meaning that there was no conventional way for the DockLite to detect the sleep/wake status.
We experimented with a couple other options, but anything we could have done would have dramatically increased the cost to manufacture due to the cost to manufacture.
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1/2 Sorry to hear you weren’t entirely satisfied with the DockLite G4.
Unfortunately many of your gripes come down to the age of the iMacs LCD panel, working sleep/wake was something we worked really hard to implement, Apple did not run the sleep/wake pin from the LCD down the neck.
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The 2003 iMac G4 isn't old enough for you?!
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Possibly one day!
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Best of luck with the install!
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Love to see it!