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[kieran121]

i want 2 use my old monitor as a 2nd monitor for multitasking so i bought a vga female to dvi so i can use it but i does not work i went in control panel and it does not come up in devices and in screen resolution it does not come up but if i hit the detect button another monitor pops up saying another display not detected, and i get the same in the nvidia control panel. 

please help

[Godlygamer23]

What adapter are you using specifically?

[kieran121]

2 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What adapter are you using specifically?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVI-D-DVI-MALE-24-1PIN-TO-VGA-FEMALE-SVGA-15PIN-VIDEO-MONITOR-ADAPTER-10-/331801369817?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

this the exact one i got

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, kieran121 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVI-D-DVI-MALE-24-1PIN-TO-VGA-FEMALE-SVGA-15PIN-VIDEO-MONITOR-ADAPTER-10-/331801369817?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

this the exact one i got

That's the problem. The signal coming from the DVI-D connector is digital, and VGA is analog. Unless the adapter is active, it won't work.

[kieran121]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

That's the problem. The signal coming from the DVI-D connector is digital, and VGA is analog. Unless the adapter is active, it won't work.

well fuck. do you know any other way i can use this monitor it's vga only and the mobo vga does not detect it either

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, kieran121 said:

well fuck. do you know any other way i can use this monitor it's vga only and the mobo vga does not detect it either

What motherboard are you using?

[kieran121]

3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What motherboard are you using?

this

[Godlygamer23]

2 minutes ago, kieran121 said:

this

You can purchase a cheap video card to use as your video output. 

[kieran121]

2 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

You can purchase a cheap video card to use as your video output. 

yeah but that's the thing i'm saving for a beast of a pc

[kelvinhall05]

6 minutes ago, kieran121 said:

yeah but that's the thing i'm saving for a beast of a pc

just get something like a gt 210 and use it if you really need a second display.

[Godlygamer23]

23 minutes ago, kieran121 said:

yeah but that's the thing i'm saving for a beast of a pc

What video card are you currently using?

[kieran121]

13 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What video card are you currently using?

evga 650ti 2gb

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, kieran121 said:

evga 650ti 2gb

Depending on how you have it set up(for example if your current monitor is connected to the DVI-I connector), you can move your primary display to the DVi-D connector, purchase a DVI-I to VGA adapter(which won't be active because DVI-I also outputs an analog signal through the four additional pins in the square formation), or if you're using the mini HDMI connection, you can just get the adapter I mentioned above and connect the display. 

[kieran121]

3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Depending on how you have it set up(for example if your current monitor is connected to the DVI-I connector), you can move your primary display to the DVi-D connector, purchase a DVI-I to VGA adapter(which won't be active because DVI-I also outputs an analog signal through the four additional pins in the square formation), or if you're using the mini HDMI connection, you can just get the adapter I mentioned above and connect the display. 

i use the mini hdmi so i have 2 buy a DVI-I to VGA 

[kieran121]

14 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Depending on how you have it set up(for example if your current monitor is connected to the DVI-I connector), you can move your primary display to the DVi-D connector, purchase a DVI-I to VGA adapter(which won't be active because DVI-I also outputs an analog signal through the four additional pins in the square formation), or if you're using the mini HDMI connection, you can just get the adapter I mentioned above and connect the display. 

is this it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVI-Adapter-DVI-I-24-4-pin-to-VGA-SVGA-Female-HD15-Converter-Connector-/401169582105?hash=item5d67920819:g:~r0AAOSwawpXrWHM

[Godlygamer23]

3 minutes ago, kieran121 said:

is this it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVI-Adapter-DVI-I-24-4-pin-to-VGA-SVGA-Female-HD15-Converter-Connector-/401169582105?hash=item5d67920819:g:~r0AAOSwawpXrWHM

Yes, that should work. 

[kieran121]

On 08/10/2016 at 3:39 PM, Godlygamer23 said:

Yes, that should work. 

i just got the new dvi-i adapter it came on like it should when i was changing the display setting so it extends i get an msg saying "out of range" i did a quick google search for it and it said run ur pc in safe mode but it is not there when  i boot my pc they have changed in win10 or something.

[Godlygamer23]

27 minutes ago, kieran121 said:

i just got the new dvi-i adapter it came on like it should when i was changing the display setting so it extends i get an msg saying "out of range" i did a quick google search for it and it said run ur pc in safe mode but it is not there when  i boot my pc they have changed in win10 or something.

In order to boot into Safe Mode, click on restart in the Start Menu while holding Shift. You should get additional options. There should be one about changing the behavior of the boot operation. This will give you the option of going into Safe Mode.