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Hello Don. I found a sub-D/DVI adaptor on Ebay for $1.95. From the
picture it looks like what I want. Its DVI connector plugs into the DVI slot of the ATI Radeon card and the female end accepts the sub-D connector from the cable coming from the monitor. I don't understand how that would work, however, since the monitor accepts ANALOG and the DVI output of the ATI card I thought was digital. I must be missing something. BTW, the monitor came yesterday and boy did it come in a BIG box. It was delievered by 2 UPS guys! When I took it out of the box, it didn't look too good. The monitor glass had all kinds of condensation on it after being brought into the house. The outside temp was about 10 degress yesterday. After warming up the display and deguassing it, it looked much better. Joe C. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:36:33 -0600, "Don Parker" wrote: Joe C wrote: Thanks Don for your quick response. The new 22" monitor is an IBM ThinkVision C220P which I thought was digital but I just checked and see that it is DVI-A so I guess this all goes out the window. Rats! A digital/ana converter is dirt cheap, just a little guy that goes in between the plug & socket. I only paid $9 extra to Dell when I got my XPS system almost two years ago, so I could use my Sony 19" and old Mag 15" (put it on the digital out w/adapter) CRT's.... Your new IBM 22" and a 19" secondary would be dy-no-mite!! Do it!! You won't look back............... |
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Joe C wrote:
connector from the cable coming from the monitor. I don't understand how that would work, however, since the monitor accepts ANALOG and the DVI output of the ATI card I thought was digital. I must be missing something. You got it right! The adapter not only matches the plugs, but it converts the digital to analog for your monitor - there is some degradation to the signal, but for most applications you'll never notice.... BTW, the monitor came yesterday and boy did it come in a BIG box. It was delievered by 2 UPS guys! When I took it out of the box, it didn't look too good. The monitor glass had all kinds of condensation on it after being brought into the house. The outside temp was about 10 degress yesterday. After warming up the display and deguassing it, it looked much better. Just for future reference, let the monitor warm up to room temp BEFORE turning on. The condensation can cause some fireworks in the high voltage section (among others if a drop or two gets in between the wrong pins of an IC) - and your 22" crt probably has in the neighborhood of 30,000 volts just inching to burn it's own path to ground!! |
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"Don Parker" wrote in message
... Joe C wrote: connector from the cable coming from the monitor. I don't understand how that would work, however, since the monitor accepts ANALOG and the DVI output of the ATI card I thought was digital. I must be missing something. You got it right! The adapter not only matches the plugs, but it converts the digital to analog for your monitor - there is some degradation to the signal, but for most applications you'll never notice.... No, you both have it wrong. When a video card allows a DVI output to be adapted to a regular VGA/analog output, it's simply matching form factors. The video card itself will emit analog signals out the DVI port. All the adapter does is connect the appropriate output wires on the DVI pot to the appropriate output wires on a VGA-compatible output. The signal is no more degraded than it would otherwise be using regular analog output to the monitor. There are genuine DVI-to-analog converters, but there's no way you're going to find one for $1.95 (nor is it likely that you need one). Just for future reference, let the monitor warm up to room temp BEFORE turning on. The condensation can cause some fireworks in the high voltage section (among others if a drop or two gets in between the wrong pins of an IC) - and your 22" crt probably has in the neighborhood of 30,000 volts just inching to burn it's own path to ground!! Since condensed water vapor is unlikely to contain any electrolytes, or much in the way of any impurities at all for that matter, it's likely to be as good an insulator as the air around the monitor. Maybe if you live right next to an ocean or something, there might be enough ambient salt to allow the water to conduct. But otherwise, while I think it's always a good idea to let stuff come to ambient temperature and to allow any condensation to evaporate, I wouldn't worry too much about getting any short-circuits from condensation. Pete |
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