Purchase Female Thunderbolt to HDMI cable

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I have a Apple Thunderbolt Display 27 which I want to use on a Windows machine with only an HDMI port. So I basically need to cable which will have female Thunderbolt port in one side and male HDMI port in other side of the cable.

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There's no such thing as a female Thunderbolt to male HDMI cable. Consequently, you cannot connect an HDMI Source to a Thunderbolt Display

DisplayPort (DP) and mini DisplayPort (mDP) can drive HDMI devices, but not the other way around.

I also want to connect it to my Windows laptop via HDMI. I bought this converter, which converts the HDMI signal to DisplayPort. Everything plugs in just fine, but the display just does not turn on.

Source: how do I connect an Apple Thunderbolt display to a PC?

In short, HDMI simply cannot create the "signaling" required for a DP or mDP signal. The Thunderbolt display is more than a display; it's a Thunderbolt hub/dock with a display attached to it.

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From this picture, you can see all the ports that the display comes with:

  • 3 USB ports
  • 1 Firewire Port
  • 1 Ethernet Port
  • 1 Thunderbolt Port

As such, this is not a mDP or DP monitor. You need a Thunderbolt signal to drive this monitor and HDMI simply can't do it.

What will drive this monitor?

Per Apple's Support Page on the Thunderbolt Display....

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