There are different flavours of DVI DVI-a is analogue and can be adapted to VGA DVI-d is digital only and cannot be adapted to vga without an expensive ($150+) adapter. DVI-I is integrated digital and analogue. and can be adapted to VGA with a basic adapter.
if you Google "DVI types" and look for images in your results there are plenty of pictures showing how to tell what you have. its quite possible that your monitors DVI connector could be DVI-I my PC in the shack has VGA out only and is connected via VGA to DVI cable to the monitor On 3/22/2012 1:17 PM, Joe Ford wrote: > I had planned to use my one video monitor which has has both a VGA connector > and DVI connector with my PC and the P3SVGA. I ordered a cable with VGA male > and DVI male connectors to interface the SVGA. However, the cable I got has a > DVI connector which does not match the one on the monitor. The cable has a > DVI-A while monitor appears to accept either a DVI-D or DVI-I, I'm not sure > which it is. I gained what little I know about DVI from the internet. It > would seem the DVI-A (analog) is the only connector that will work with VGA. > But I could be wrong. > > > A second monitor would be nice but due to available space I would prefer just > one. Does anyone know enough about the DVI offer advice? Thanks. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
