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| 1350916 | 2013-08-08 09:14:00 | I have a problem and I want to solve it as cheaply as possible. On a older laptop I have VGA port (female) and I have a newish monitor I want to use with it with a HDMI and DVI-D ports (DVI-D is female) I have three adapters, 2x DVI-I and one DVI-A to VGA. I plug in the VGA cable to the VGA end of the adapter and I am left with a cable that can fit in theory as in one end is VGA Male and the other is DVI male but I need that end to be DVI-D and the port just won't accommodate the DVI-I or DVI-A Essentially I need a adapter that is DVI-D to VGA but I have read that as DVI-D is digital only it might not work. Can anyone shed light on this? |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1350917 | 2013-08-08 09:50:00 | You need more than a simple adaptor as VGA is analogue and DVI is digital. See here for an example www.aten.co.nz | linw (53) | ||
| 1350918 | 2013-08-08 10:18:00 | You need something like this (www.anywarenz.co.nz). | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1350919 | 2013-08-08 10:23:00 | I don't want to spend $100 on something like that. Any other options at all? |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1350920 | 2013-08-08 10:43:00 | If the laptop only has VGA out, just use a standard VGA cable. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1350921 | 2013-08-08 10:57:00 | If the laptop only has VGA out, just use a standard VGA cable. The monitors I have do not have VGA |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1350922 | 2013-08-08 11:14:00 | Then you're SOL. Either buy a converter, or use a monitor that has a compatible input. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1350923 | 2013-08-08 21:33:00 | If you need a converter why do DVI-D to VGA plugs even exist if they do not work? | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1350924 | 2013-08-08 21:47:00 | If you need a converter why do DVI-D to VGA plugs even exist if they do not work? Because they're actually DVI-A to VGA adapters ;) DVI-D is digital only, DVI-A is analogue only and DVI-I is both. You can't insert a DVI-A plug into a DVI-D connector. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1350925 | 2013-08-08 22:01:00 | The simple answer is, your monitor is digital only, the old laptop is analog only You cant push a square peg onto a round hole -some monitors will accept both analog & dig inputs, thats what those cheap adaptors were made for. These monitors would usually have both DVI & VGA socket anyway |
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