Seanlawson95 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hey Guys and Gals, Long time no see. So as you've probably guessed from the title I've been having a little trouble with DVI and VGA on my computer. For about two months now I've been trying to get my Xbox to be plugged into my monitor through VGA using a small converter (which works perfectly fine http://amzn.to/1hXaADK) and to have my computer plugged in using the DVI port on my Monitor so that I could switch between the two by pressing the button on the bottom of my monitor for input. My Graphics Card is the Nvidia GTX260 which has two DVI-I outputs on the back which if i understand correctly is supposed to support digital AND analogue, My monitor is an Acer (Not sure which one, can't see a serial number) which has one VGA slot and one DVI-D slot. To try and get this system to work I bought a DVI-D cable (Male to Male: http://bit.ly/1hXbXCk) but when I plug both ends in and turn on my computer I see the motherboard logo and BIOS options and then does the Windows XP Loading bar at the bottom by itself even though I have Windows 7, and then after that the screen goes black and shortly after the monitor decides there's 'No Signal' although I can hear the Windows start sounds. And of course the Monitor goes into sleep mode which is infuriating. I've tried starting it using the VGA cable then switching to the DVI-D Cable but to no avail. Oh and I almost forgot I have a few DVI-I to VGA converters lying around which is what I'm using temporarily until this gets resolved. Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 60hz Hope you guys can help me! Oh and please put it in simple form so I can understand it better because I am yet to receive my degree in Computer engineering Thanks, SL-95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabuf Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 DVI to VGA is A-OKAY. I'm all for adapters! But just in case people don't know the progression of technology, DVI is newer than VGA and using a converter from DVI to VGA negates the fact that it's plugged into a DVI output (i.e. the screen now sees that connection as VGA). Same thing with HDMI<->DVI<->VGA or any way you do it; The chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. If you're able to visually determine a difference between VGA and DVI (even HDMI for that matter), congratulations .. you've become a robot! Though there are newer technologies, they only add support for wildly larger resolutions and wildly high refresh rates on wildly expensive hardware. Nearly all normal, gaming and even newer workstation monitors will not need anything above VGA. On the software side of things: You're likely getting an XP boot screen due to your motherboard--for one reason or another, choosing on-board graphics over your dedicated graphics card. I'm not positive but in lieu of the Windows 7 logo, it may be loading safe graphics for diagnostic purposes. On the hardware side of things: DVI-I, DVI-D and DVI-A are all impossible to interchange as the pin arrangements differ. So if it fits, you've done something right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanlawson95 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Are you saying I should try and boot in safe mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanlawson95 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Okay I booted in safe mode with only the DVI-D cable connected and it does work, it just seems to not like starting windows normally, going to try and downgrade my graphics card driver to the one before to see if that will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabuf Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 No, all I was saying was that your computer detected something out of sorts and defaulted to using your on-board graphics instead. Tinkering with the software is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanlawson95 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Yeah I wouldn't know where to start with that /: I'm not the greatest with computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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