GTX 660 dvi port blocked

MarcusKon

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Jan 5, 2014
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Hi
I purchased a Zondac GTX 660 a few months back, and I recently wanted to hook up another monitor, as I currently only have 2.

I went ahead and purchased a new DVI cable, but when I tried to insert it in the bottom DVI port, it seems to be blocked for some reason, do any of you know why it is blocked, is it intentional, did I buy the wrong cable?

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2012/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-2gb-review/zotac-gtx660-1b.jpg
^ This is the one, the only difference is that it's down-side up, so the top DVI is blocked.
Thanks!

Marcus
 
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Yes. That will work. Before you buy it though, check the cable that is plugged in to the other port. If it doesn't have the pins, swap the cables you have.
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A DVI-I cable will not plug into a DVI-D port. Notice the 4 little holes around the slot in the "unblocked" port. They correspond to pins in the plug. Check to see if you have a cable without those pins.
 
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Yes. That will work. Before you buy it though, check the cable that is plugged in to the other port. If it doesn't have the pins, swap the cables you have.
 
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