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Display port confusion

petedread

petedread

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Hi. I have been given an old computer by a friend, he want's me to reinstall windows on it for him. It has Geforce 6800gs with VGA and a DVI-out ports. My monitor has D-Sub and DVI-D ports. Is there any way I can get it to work on my monitor? I'm hoping that there is a cable I can buy? Is this a analog to digital issue? If so, it is going to be expensive to get an adaptor but I don't mind because I'm sure it will come in handy in the future.
 
Oh I forgot to mention, my monitor also has a HDMI port.
 
VGA (d-sub 15), DVI-A, DVI-D, or DVI-I would work: male -> male. DVI-I (digital+analog) is the best, followed by DVI-D (digital). DVI-A and VGA are analog.

In your situation, I would buy a M-M DVI-D cable up to 10 feet long.
 
VGA and D-Sub are the same thing, just as DVI and DVI-D are the same thing.
 
Oh right, well they do look the same,lol. Well nothing shows up on my screen. I have the same problem with another old computer that is sat here waiting for a OS install. Maybe it's just that both of them have dead graphics cards?
 
The monitor could be dead, the cable bad, any adapters you are using defective, and/or failed graphics device. Trial and error...trial and error.
 
If the motherboard has integrated video, it might be trying to display from that and you'd need to set the BIOS to use the card. If there's a video port on the motherboard, try it.
 
Maban said:
...just as DVI and DVI-D are the same thing.
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Not really, if a DVI port isn't designated DVI-D, also called "dual link", it will not handle extreme resolutions like 2560.
 
Frag Maniac said:
Not really, if a DVI port isn't designated DVI-D, also called "dual link", it will not handle extreme resolutions like 2560.
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First, DVI-D is not synonymous with dual-link DVI. DVI-D is simply the digital implementation of DVI. DVI-D is available as single- and dual-link.

Second, for the purposes of this thread, it's the same thing. DVI-D is the most common DVI type. GPUs have a DVI-I port so they may output DVI-A or DVI-D. For all monitors sold today with DVI, they are of DVI-D type.
 
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Stupid oversight, the graphics card is not powered!,lol. There is no cable for it on the PSU. Just one 4 pin 12v atx for the motherboard. MB is Asus AN832-SLI. I expect that I can buy a cable for it, but then I wont be able to have the DVD burner connected lol. What a mess. Thanks FordGT90Concept for the port connecter info. And thanks Mabam and everyone for the help.
 
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