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thecomputeraddict

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So My parents each got an lcd for there computers. My mom gave me her old 17inch lcd and my dad gave me his 19 big ass crt monitor. I want to use the lcd as an extended display. There both vga, I have a vga output and a dvi output. i'm using A converter to connect the second lcd to my computer but its not working. Help.
 
have you tried different dvi->vga adapters?
my experience is, that only the adapter that shipped with my card works.
 
thengineer said:
have you tried different dvi->vga adapters?
my experience is, that only the adapter that shipped with my card works.
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My graphics are onboard and I'm trying to use an adapter that came with my dads nvidia graphics card? So it could be the adpater or my onboard graphics?
 
When you say that you have both a DVI and VGA output, do you mean that your onboard has both connectors, or is the DVI on a discrete videocard?
 
Sometimes onboard graphics have two video outputs but you can might only be able to use one at a time.
 
You might want to check the manual, you might not be able to use both ports at once on the onboard video. I have seen a few biostar motherboards that have DVI, VGA and HDMI but you can only use one at a time.
 
Well, this sucks. D-sub is VGA right? In the manual it says that d-sub is not supported through dvi-d via an adapter. Damn.
 
thecomputeraddict said:
Well, this sucks. D-sub is VGA right? In the manual it says that d-sub is not supported through dvi-d via an adapter. Damn.
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That's probably why they included two connectors even though you can only use one at a time.

You'd think that it'd make more sense to use a single DVI-I connector instead and give you an adapter for VGA.
 
I've heard that some cheap cards come with a VGA and DVI port... but only one port will work at a time.
 
i have the k9agm3-fih motherboard with on board x1300 graphics same as x1250 which i use in the htpc in my bedroom it is the same as the k9agm2 but instead of dvi-d it has a hdmi port which was the reason i bought the hdmi version simple connection,
now the hdmi version i have has hdcp so i can only use dvi-d or hdmi monitors or tv which support hdcp, so you might be having a hdcp problem..........

check the website of the motherboard you have............
 
also on the bright side if it is caus of hdcp you be able to out put in hd on any hd-ready monitor/tv...........
 
i'd be ashammed to say yes but YES,
i just have a bad habbit of typing to fast,
plus if you see my work place i bearly have space to rest my hands,
 
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