I have 2 pc's one has a vga output and the other has vga but I recently upgraded the video card to a radeon 4750 which only has dvi so on the second computer I have the onboard vga and also the dvi from the new fraphics card
I have a kvm switch that was working fine with the vga only setup but with this new card that only has dvi I can't use the kvm switch for the monitor
I thought I could get away with just some adapters but apparently it's not so simple
The monitor is an Acer which has 2 inputs a vga and a dvi-d that's the one with just the large tab without the 4 pins around then
So with the dvi-d cable between the pc with the dvi card and the monitor it works
I can also use the same cable with 2 adapters to vga on both ends and connect it to the vga ports on the pc and the monitor
Unfortunately using only one adapter so the dvi on one end and vga on the other is not working
I am not getting any signal to the monitor
I was wondering what other options are available
Do I need a different dvi to vga adapter ?
Alternatively what would happen if I connect one pc to the monitor with vga and the other with dvi and run both computers at the same time ?
Am I going to fry both computers or the monitor ?
Am I going to have both images on the screen at the same time ?
I have a kvm switch that was working fine with the vga only setup but with this new card that only has dvi I can't use the kvm switch for the monitor
I thought I could get away with just some adapters but apparently it's not so simple
The monitor is an Acer which has 2 inputs a vga and a dvi-d that's the one with just the large tab without the 4 pins around then
So with the dvi-d cable between the pc with the dvi card and the monitor it works
I can also use the same cable with 2 adapters to vga on both ends and connect it to the vga ports on the pc and the monitor
Unfortunately using only one adapter so the dvi on one end and vga on the other is not working
I am not getting any signal to the monitor
I was wondering what other options are available
Do I need a different dvi to vga adapter ?
Alternatively what would happen if I connect one pc to the monitor with vga and the other with dvi and run both computers at the same time ?
Am I going to fry both computers or the monitor ?
Am I going to have both images on the screen at the same time ?