Card Breaking DVI/VGA Adapters?

Apologies for the sketchy details on this post, but I'm helping out a friend without being able to see the problem he's having for myself.
So, he has an ATI AIW X1900, which was working fine until about a week ago, when it stopped displaying anything.Ultimately, the problem was isolated to his DVI/VGA adapter stopping working, so he got a new one. A week on, and the new adapter seems to have also stopped working.

Is it possible that the card is blowing the adapters somehow?

I have another DVI/VGA adapter which I can give him, but there's not much point if they're just going to keep breaking. His monitor only has a D-Sub, and an HDMI connection, so using a standard DVI cable isn't an option. Would an actual DVI/VGA cable be better than just using an adapter on the VGA cable?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bloody unlikely. Those are pretty passive devices, I doubt they are ever fused.


Go to monoprice.com and get a dvi to hdmi cable. Set the HDTV to game or text mode if possible. Disable overscan if needed.


No problem!

Thanks a lot for your help, guys. I'll pass this on to my friend.