Hi, Please can you help me? Both my monitor and graphics card have DVI connections, but the number of pins in the connections vary. Thus I am unsure if I can connect my monitor (HP LP2475w)to the graphics card / get its full use? My HD 6870 has a full set of pins for the whole width, whereas the cable that came with the monitor has less? The cable is not broken and has been manufactured this way, the pins missing are; A central row of 3 pins wide by 3 pins high (6 pins total). 4 pins around the flat / wide pin. I haven't checked the connection on the monitor to see if it has reduced pins as well? I was previously using a HDMI cable, but it was causing problems "check cable" with the monitor and eventually the screen went wobbly and then black. I think the problem was the cable would not fit properly in the graphics card because of the connection position in relation to the case expansion slots. The edge of the HDMI port virtually lines up with the edge of the expansion slot non-removable panel. Thus the plastic body of the cable hits this and does not fit properly. All other monitor / card connections have been fine Thank you
This is normal for DVI cables, the reason its missing pins is thats all the monitor needs mine is like this too, plug it in and thou shalt see!
Thank you Trance - thats taken a load of my mind: Basically i was using a HDMI cable, but last night the screen went "wobbly" and light blue". I have had no signs of problems with this monitor before, so i was a bit worried! I was going to use the DVI cable until i discovered the missing pins, so i am using VGA to DVI coonector instead. I think the problem with the HDMI lead was that it wasnt connected properly as the monitor kept displaying "check cable". Anyway the edge of the HDMI connection on the back of the card almost lines up with the expansion panel of the case. I have tried to adjust the position of the card but it doesnt make a great deal of difference. The cable does not seem to fit in the port properly because the plastic cable housing hits the case and thus does not go in fully. Thus i think the loose connection has been my monitor problem? I have also found a strange refresh problem - see other post.... Cheers
DVI comes in 3 flavours. DVI-A carries analog signals only and basically is VGA using a better connector. DVD-D carries digital signals only (HDMI is backwards compatible to DVI-D). DVI-I carries both digital and analog signals. Only DVI-I is "fully mounted". Usually the DVI connector on graphics cards is of type DVI-I, which means you can get both analog and digital output (hence the passive and cheap DVI->VGA and DVI->HDMI adapters that usually come in the box). Since TFT monitors are inherently digital it makes little to no sense to equip them with DVI-I connectors, so they use DVI-D connectors instead. This explains the lack of some pins.
Thank you, excellent picture - my cable is the DVI-D (single link)........what does the single / dual link refer to (for my education)!
Single link handles resolutions up to 1920x1200 and dual link handles resolutions of up to 3840x2400.
Ok, i am using my monitor at 1920x1200 with VGA at the moment. So does that mean that the DVI cable will not be able to do 1920x1200? There are a few things i need to sort out on my PC over the weekend and i will test the DVI cable then.
