DVI to VGA cable

[Maxxarcade]

At work I have a monitor that has a hard wired VGA cord as the only input, and my new PC only has DVI. I have one of the adapters, but I hate how it makes the plug stick way off the back of the PC. Do they have those adapters in a pigtail cable type, around 6" long or so?

I did find one for a Mac on Ebay, but I'm not sure if it would work on a PC.

[mariushm]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

You mean something like this ?

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/gold-pl...cm-cable-26413

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/gold-pl...cm-cable-26416

I've bought stuff from the store above, it's cheap chinese stuff but ok quality - can't really go wrong with a simple cable. They're sent from Hong Kong though, so it may take up to 2 weeks to get them.

You could also just get a DVI male to female cable, basically use it like an extension and use the adapter you have somewhere under the desk where it doesn't bother you.

However, pay attention when buying to get DVI-I: there must be four pins around that - on the side of the connector, those four pins transmit the analogue signal. Most cables have just the digital part nowadays.

[ratdude747]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

yes they do.

there is a touch panel the robotics team i men tor on uses for presentation booths that has one. sadly, the computer has dvi only and the cable is routed through metal frame channels so there essentially is a a dvi to vga adapter at both ends (I have an extra DVI cable that i might swap in).

it is an elo touchscreen.

edit- avoid dealextreme. they sell fake capacitors (as proven in a recent thread). if you are BCN member, I doubt you want to give your money to people who sell the fakes.

[mariushm]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

Yes, I've seen that thread. I don't condone what they did by selling fakes but they have a ton of odd cables and connectors and adapters and all sorts of things that are hard to find in other places.

In addition, whatever I ordered was exactly as in the pictures, that's the main reason I recommended the store.

Don't want to come off as advertising them but i did check amazon.com and monoprice.com before and they were all DVI-D ... Try also ncix.com, newegg.com... don't know other US stores as I'm living in Central Europe.

[ratdude747]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

here:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...-I-VGA&cat=CBL

(it is an adapter, yes, but this is of the shallower type. may be too wide if you use a dualhead setup)

that would be an improvement if your adapters are like this:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...AMF-DT&cat=CBL

(these are narrow enough for a dualhead but stick out a lot.)

btw, dualhead= twin displays.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

There are three common kinds of DVI.
VGA only works with two of them.
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Check what your video card puts out.
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* DVI-D (digital only, both single-link and dual-link) <---- Not VGA compatible
* DVI-A (analog only) <---- VGA compatible
* DVI-I (integrated - digital and analog) <---- VGA compatible
.

[yyonline]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

I've never seen a short adapter, but you can get a regular 6 foot cable to replace the monitor cable:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orde...les.com&rcode=

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...t=1#largeimage

I've ordered from both places before, and have had good experiences with both stores. As mentioned, the cable will only work with DVI-A or DVI-I connectors. That said, if it works with the adapter, it will work fine with the cable.

[ratdude747]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

I've never seen a short adapter, but you can get a regular 6 foot cable to replace the monitor cable:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orde...les.com&rcode=

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...t=1#largeimage

I've ordered from both places before, and have had good experiences with both stores. As mentioned, the cable will only work with DVI-A or DVI-I connectors. That said, if it works with the adapter, it will work fine with the cable.

that's the cable I remember. monoprice is a bit steep on shipping sometimes, so if one needs to get any ethernet plugs or whatever, buy it in one order to save on shipping.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

I've never seen a short adapter, but you can get a regular 6 foot cable to replace the monitor cable:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orde...les.com&rcode=

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...t=1#largeimage

I've ordered from both places before, and have had good experiences with both stores. As mentioned, the cable will only work with DVI-A or DVI-I connectors. That said, if it works with the adapter, it will work fine with the cable.

Dell made a bunch of short ones. About 6-7" long.
Almost always some eBay. [Used to be zillions.]
http://desc.shop.ebay.com/Computers-...=p3286.c0.m282

I get them in 5 or 10 packs to throw in with mobos I sell that only have DVI.
My current stash has Dell PN: J0791.
They only have the DVI-A pins but they fit and work in DVI-I jacks just fine.
There are probably other Part Numbers and versions.
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[Maxxarcade]

Re: DVI to VGA cable

Dell made a bunch of short ones. About 6-7" long.
Almost always some eBay. [Used to be zillions.]
http://desc.shop.ebay.com/Computers-...=p3286.c0.m282

I get them in 5 or 10 packs to throw in with mobos I sell that only have DVI.
My current stash has Dell PN: J0791.
They only have the DVI-A pins but they fit and work in DVI-I jacks just fine.
There are probably other Part Numbers and versions.
.

Exactly what I needed. Just bought a pair