Fail to setting up my second monitor

[anjingliar]

Hi yesterday i bought myself a new IPS LED monitor which has DVI,VGA and HDMI ports and i decided to use HDMI port for this new monitor. I tried to sell my previous 20" acer monitor (i dont remember its name. bought it around 5/7 years ago). It only have VGA port with it. I tried to connect it to my graphic card with a DVI-D dual link adapter and it shows "cable not connect" i thought the adapter is broken so i decided to buy a new same with difference manufacturer one but it shows no difference. i tried to connect the cable to my laptop without the adapter and it work but when i tried with the adapter it wont work so i dont think it have anything to do with the cable.(i even tried with 3 different cables and still doesnt work with the adapter.) Last time i had different VGA>DVI adapter but not sure if its dual link or single link and it work. sold the adapter with my other previous TN monitor(bought and sold this monitor around Apirl/May 2016). Am I using wrong type of adapter or the adapter itself is broken? bought 2 of them from the same shop and both of them didnt work

Currently using :
-Leadtek gtx 960 hurricane
-Windows 10

 

[alexoiu]

Hi,
What DVI port is available on the card, DVI-D, or DVI-I?
If DVI-D, a simple adapter does not work. You'd need a converter.
If DVI-I, then you need a DVI-I to VGA adapter.
This picture should help in identifying the ports:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13611i85823D50731521FC/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

What you need is a DVI-I Dual link to VGA adapter. something like below

https://www.amazon.com/Generic-DVI-I-Dual-Link-15-Pin-Adapter/dp/B0037UCTXG

 

[anjingliar]

Hi,
What DVI port is available on the card, DVI-D, or DVI-I?
If DVI-D, a simple adapter does not work. You'd need a converter.
If DVI-I, then you need a DVI-I to VGA adapter.
This picture should help in identifying the ports:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13611i85823D50731521FC/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

its have DVI-D port. i bought a converter noops dvi 24+1 M to vga F just now and it doesnt work. i dont know why.

 

[anjingliar]

What you need is a DVI-I Dual link to VGA adapter. something like below

https://www.amazon.com/Generic-DVI-I-Dual-Link-15-Pin-Adapter/dp/B0037UCTXG

i bought 1 converter just now and it still doesnt work for me. any other suggestion?

 

[alexoiu]

If this http://www.lelong.com.my/noops-converter-dvi-24-1-m-to-vga-f-ca2126-castleit-K1398347-2007-01-Sale-I.htm is the converter, then it would not work. You need something like
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dvi-d+to+vga+converter

 

[anjingliar]

If this http://www.lelong.com.my/noops-converter-dvi-24-1-m-to-vga-f-ca2126-castleit-K1398347-2007-01-Sale-I.htm is the converter, then it would not work. You need something like
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dvi-d+to+vga+converter

damn i bought that noops converter just now. damn. thank you for the responds ill buy the other one and see if its work.

 

[alexoiu]

You're welcome.