Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?

DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

I installed an ADD2 adapter card with a DVI-D input to run a second monitor display. The monitor is analog with only VGA connection. I have it connected with an adapter (DVI-D to VGA) but it is not recognizing the monitor. Are they incompatible?

Add a reply

The "D" -- after DVI -- stands for "digital" which means the card can only output to a digital display. The output of the ADD2 card would need to be a DVI-A (Analog) or DVI-I (Integrated; both Digital and Analog) in order to be compatible with an analog display. Visually, there are four pins around the broad "C5" pin on the DVI-I/A port that carry the analog signal which are absent on DVI-D. The cable being used should also resemble the desired connection.

Reply to Churrito79

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 989 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.489 seconds

Focus On

DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - DVI-D (dual link) to VGA analog monitor...compatible?