Quick question

[Attis]

What's the difference between these 2 wires? Do I need both?

[Vercii]

One's VGA and ones DVI.

[Attis]

1 minute ago, Vercii said:

One's VGA and ones DVI.

What's the use for each

[Vercii]

Both are used for video output.

Just now, Attis said:

What's the use for each

 

[LunaP0n3]

Blue one's VGA or D-SUB. White one's DVI. Both are used to connect to your monitors. Linus, take over. HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, and DVI as Fast As Possible

[Attis]

2 minutes ago, LunaP0n3 said:

Blue one's VGA or D-SUB. White one's DVI. Both are used to connect to your monitors. Linus, take over. HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, and DVI as Fast As Possible

Ithx

[LunaP0n3]

Just now, Attis said:

I only need to plug one?

Well, yes, if you're only running one monitor. You plug both in if you're running 2 monitors, which is a big productivity boost.

[Attis]

3 minutes ago, LunaP0n3 said:

Well, yes, if you're only running one monitor. You plug both in if you're running 2 monitors, which is a big productivity boost.

My pc can't fit the blue one though?

[LunaP0n3]

Oh hang on. That pic you posted, I assume that was part of the back of your monitor? You only need to plug in one per monitor. Also, "can't fit the blue one"? Can you explain more?

[Vercii]

1 minute ago, LunaP0n3 said:

Oh hang on. That pic you posted, I assume that was part of the back of your monitor? You only need to plug in one per monitor. Also, "can't fit the blue one"? Can you explain more?

 

3 minutes ago, Attis said:

My pc can't fit the blue one though?

I think he meant that he doesn't have a port on the PC which is odd or maybe he just hasn't screwed in the screws.

[Attis]

Just now, Vercii said:

 

I think he meant that he doesn't have a port on the PC which is odd or maybe he just hasn't screwed in the screws.

Yea I don't have a port for the blue one to my pc

[Vercii]

Just now, Attis said:

Yea I don't have a port for the blue one to my pc

What about the white one? (DVI)

[pedro69]

That's the back of the monitor isn't it? If you monitor is only connected to one PC you only need one cable. If that is the case use the white one.

[LunaP0n3]

1 minute ago, Vercii said:

Just now, Attis said:

Yea I don't have a port for the blue one to my pc

 

Odd. VGA has been around for a long time, and most equipment still has VGA. Can you post a pic of the back of your computer?

[Naeaes]

4 minutes ago, Attis said:

Yea I don't have a port for the blue one to my pc

Count your lucky stars. VGA is long since past it's use. It's one of the original monitor connectors form the late eighties. This current generation of processors is finally the first one since then that doesn't support it. In about ten or so years we should finally be rid of it completely. Good riddance! 

Just use the DVI or whatever HDMI you might have there. Everything's compatible with everything else, except VGA and a few other that were specially made compatible with VGA.

[Attis]

22 minutes ago, LunaP0n3 said:

Odd. VGA has been around for a long time, and most equipment still has VGA. Can you post a pic of the back of your computer?

There's only 2 plugs for the white one but none for blue

[LunaP0n3]

If the monitor has the same connections, run the it off the white one. The other one can be used if you get a second monitor. VGA is a analogue standard.

[Boomwebsearch]

On 3/2/2016 at 7:02 PM, Attis said:

What's the difference between these 2 wires?

These two wires appear to being different types of connection cables as one is a VGA cable based connection and the other one (with the white coloring on the connector piece) is DVI (Digital Visual Interface) cable based connection. Both of these types of wires are designed to carry along signals from a output to an input source. You might or might not need both of them although it would depend on your configuration of hardware along with what setup you are planning to run the hardware off of (dual monitors, single monitor, etc). I noticed that you stated that the blue one can not be installed and that is most likely due to the connector type being unsupported with that specific monitor.