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Title: Is there such a thing as.........
Post by: saynor on January 11, 2007, 08:35:41 AM

I just sold my DVI monitor to someone at work. On there POC they dont have the connection that allows them to connect a DVI cable.

Is there such an adaptor you can buy which allows you to do this?
If so whats it called ?

Title: Is there such a thing as.........
Post by: Tongy on January 11, 2007, 08:50:33 AM

Quote from: saynorI just sold my DVI monitor to someone at work. On there POC they dont have the connection that allows them to connect a DVI cable.

Is there such an adaptor you can buy which allows you to do this?
If so whats it called ?

Yes, its called a new graphics card. They virtually all have DVI these days.

Cheers
Tongy

Title: Is there such a thing as.........
Post by: saynor on January 11, 2007, 08:51:52 AM

lol......... its not for me ;)

I found one anyway.
Just a DVI to VGA adaptor

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Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 11, 2007, 08:58:53 AM

Indeed, thats what you want. Cheap as chips.

Moving to hardware...

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Post by: Norphy on January 11, 2007, 08:59:01 AM

I wouldnt count on that working. It assumes that the monitor has a DVI-I connection on it. Ive only seen one model that does, the vast majority have plain DVI-D.

DVI-VGA adapters are generally just electrical connectors, they dont do any signal conversion.

Title: Is there such a thing as.........
Post by: saynor on January 11, 2007, 11:04:36 AM

arhhhhhhhh right!

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Post by: Sara on January 11, 2007, 11:17:34 AM

Yeah AFAIK, the DVI-VGA adaptor is if you want to run a monitor with only the standard 15-pin D-sub from the DVI port on the PC. Not the other way around.

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