DVI not working on GFX Card

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I have just purchased a new monitor and tried to use the DVI port on my graphics card for the first time. However when I plugged it in, it doesn't seem to work. The VGA works fine to the same monitor however.

My card is nVidia Ti4200. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Tekkaraiden]

What was the brand and model of monitor that you bought?

 

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Samsung SyncMaster P2270

 

[Tekkaraiden]

Did the monitor come with a DVI cable? Did the videocard come with a DVI to VGA adaptor? It looks like the monitor has a DVI-I connector which means it will except a DVI-A (analog) or a DVI-D (digital) signal.

It also looks like the ti4200 DVI connector is a DVI-A connector. I can't confirm this as I cannot find enough info. But given the card was released originally in 2002 I'd suspect it was DVI-A.

If you have a dvi to vga adapter that would allow you to confirm wither or not the analog portion of the dvi connector is working. If you didn't get a cable with the unit and purchased one separately you might want to see which version you got. This link will show you the differences.

http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_Digital_Visual_Interface_DVI_Bus.html

 

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It came with a DVI-D connector which doesn't work with my graphics card it seems. Then it has a DVI to VGA which I am currently using and works ok. I have also tested the same DVI to VGA converter from the DVI port on the graphics card to the VGA port on another monitor which works fine.

 

[Tekkaraiden]

So you'd have to buy a DVI-I or DVI-A cable. It's probably not worth the effort as the monitor is converting an analog signal to a digital either way. On the bright side if you ever replace you're video card to a newer card you already have a DVI-D cable.

 

[Transform]

Ok so just to confirm (I'm getting a little confused here) my graphics card has a DVI-A connector? Is this type not used anymore and replaced by the DVI-D/DVI-I?

 

[Tekkaraiden]

Yes that is correct.