Does anyone know if they make an adapter or cable to hook the VGA output on my computer to my DVI input on my monitor? I know it will still going to only be vga quality but I want to free up the VGA input on my monitor so I can hook up my Xbox. I looked at adapter but I was told it only goes from DVI to VGA not VGA to DVI. I know I can buy a DVI output card for my computer but I don't want to go through trouble or expense.
Anyone have any ideas?
2007-10-08 14:54:32 · 2 answers · asked by jon 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
It depends if it is a DVI-I connector or a DVI-D.
Look at the connector, one one side is a slot for a tab. If this looks like a cross with four contacts in the corners, then it is DVI-I and you are O.K. YOu can use a DVI to VGA adapter. Whomever told you that they only work one way has no idea what they are talking about.
DVI comes in three flavors:
DVI-D. This is a digital connection.
DVI-A. This is analog, exactly the same signals as in a VGA connector, but in a different connector.
DVI-I. This combines the contacts for the digital signals and the contacts for the analog signals into one connector, allowing for a single connector to provide (or receive) either and digital DVI-D connection or and analog DVI-A.
So, if you have a DVI-I connector, then it will accept an analog signal on the DVI-A set of contacts.
If you have a DVI-D connector (shorter tab, no cross and contacts around the tab) then it needs the digital signals, and no dongle is going to simply convert analog VGA to digital DVI-D.
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Get a DVI to VGA digital converter. This is the only way to connect a DVI to a regular VGA monitor.
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