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Rod
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:
DVI adapter question |
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I feel like such a noob for asking this. I have an MSI 6800 GT that I have
had connected to my LCD via VGA cable. In light of recent threads on the
topic I dug out my DVI adapter and hooked it in, but when I plug the monitor
into it I get nothing. And, God help me, I cannot find where it says to use
the digital out in the software. I have no manual, got lost in the last
move. Thank the Lord I don't do this for a living, I'd starve.
Thanks, Rod |
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Rod
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:
Re: DVI adapter question |
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"Rod" <ccrunch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:rGodf.24457$1L3.1064116@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Quote: | I feel like such a noob for asking this. I have an MSI 6800 GT that I have
had connected to my LCD via VGA cable. In light of recent threads on the
topic I dug out my DVI adapter and hooked it in, but when I plug the
monitor into it I get nothing. And, God help me, I cannot find where it
says to use the digital out in the software. I have no manual, got lost in
the last move. Thank the Lord I don't do this for a living, I'd starve.
Thanks, Rod
Ok, it's official. I am a noob of the first order. Simple reboot was all |
that was required. Jeez, all that education too. |
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First of One
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:
Re: DVI adapter question |
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If I interpreted your question correctly, you are still using the VGA port,
but then added the DVI adapter and connected your LCD via a DVI cable. Why
would you do such a thing? It's still an analog signal. :-)
The only way to get a digital signal is to connect the DVI cable directly to
the card's DVI port.
--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
"Rod" <ccrunch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:rGodf.24457$1L3.1064116@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Quote: | I feel like such a noob for asking this. I have an MSI 6800 GT that I have
had connected to my LCD via VGA cable. In light of recent threads on the
topic I dug out my DVI adapter and hooked it in, but when I plug the
monitor into it I get nothing. And, God help me, I cannot find where it
says to use the digital out in the software. I have no manual, got lost in
the last move. Thank the Lord I don't do this for a living, I'd starve.
Thanks, Rod |
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stevem
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:
Re: DVI adapter question |
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"First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | If I interpreted your question correctly, you are still using the VGA
port, but then added the DVI adapter and connected your LCD via a DVI
cable. Why would you do such a thing? It's still an analog signal. :-)
The only way to get a digital signal is to connect the DVI cable directly
to the card's DVI port.
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Actually, I think what he did was to attach the DVI->VGA adaptor, and |
connect the monitor to that - don't think there's such a thing as an adaptor
which plugs into a VGA port to convert to digital? Anyway, as you say, he's
still using an analogue signal, so has achieved nothing at all.
Regards,
Steve. |
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Rod
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:48 am Post subject:
Re: DVI adapter question |
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"First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Y8ednUmFUrL-vuveRVn-jw@rogers.com...
| Quote: | If I interpreted your question correctly, you are still using the VGA
port, but then added the DVI adapter and connected your LCD via a DVI
cable. Why would you do such a thing? It's still an analog signal. :-)
Nope, other way around...connected the adapter to the VGA cable, and plugged |
it in to the DVI port. Just needed to reboot at that point. :-) |
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