hey all, just checking to see if what I am experiencing is normal and expected
im trying to connect two monitors to the console, one has a dvi input and is giving me no issues, but one is vga only, I have it connected using a DVI-I dual link to VGA adapter and I am not getting any response from the vga monitor, I was informed the dual link connector would not cause any issues if only being used on a single link output, is this correct or would that be the reason I am not getting any response from the VGA monitor? If the dual link is the issue I can find a single link only adapter for sure, my local computer stores list them as a stock item in their systems
if all else fails I'll track down a second monitor with DVI, but the VGA happens to be a convenient size for where it needs to fit
thx all
in the settings from the start menu, have you actived your external display (move the icon from the top to one cel near the ohter actives screens) ?
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my other external display (the DVI native display) is working fine, my question was more if others were having difficulties connecting VGA displays specifically, if they had found a specific DVI to VGA adapter that had worked for them
We have two DVI to VGA adapters here on the bench that we use with a Gio.
They have the pins for DVI dual link -- the one I have in my hand is an ATI 6140007200G.
Hans Hinrichsen
ETC Technical Support Specialist
Thank you Hans, I am up and running, what was happening was I was enabling the display but with a resolution too large seemingly, beyond the capacity of the display. Once I enabled the display and turned down the resolution before pressing accept the console found the monitor. I guess I was expecting the resolution to establish itself based on the monitor. I am happily working :)
Dual and single-link is irrelevant for the analogue VGA signal, the only pins that matter for VGA are the fours pins and the "cross" at one end.
- If you look closely you'll see that these pins aren't there on DVI-D connectors like on Ion/Element.
Some VGA monitors can announce which resolutions they support.Unfortunately not all of them do so on those you'll get the complete list that the graphics card is capable of - almost certainly including resolutions too high (and maybe even too low) for your monitor.
Keep on trying till you run out of cake.
ETC Field Service, London