1050Ti on a VGA monitor

[rajsaha]

I bought a GTX 1050Ti today, specifically an MSI Afterburner 4GB OC Version with Dual Fans. I brought it home super happy cause I've been waiting for an upgrade for years. Then I found out that the VGA to DVI-D converter I bought doesn't work (my monitor is an Acer V206HQL and its maximum resolution is 1600X900). My monitor keeps saying "Cable not Found". I Googled the problem and found that for the newer Nvidia cards, one needs an active converter, preferably a VGA-HDMI one. Can anyone please shed more light on this? What type of converter should I buy?

 

I don't know if this piece of information will help but I tried using the newly bought converter with my old R7 260X 1GB and still it showed "Cable not Found". However, the 260X uses a DVI-I connector and the converter was DVI-D. I assumed that the monitor couldn't output anything because of that discrepancy but I could be wrong. 

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

[manikyath]

VGA to DVI-D? do they even make those?

 

this sniffs like you bought a fake converter, or a really dodgy one.

 

if you want to buy a better adapter, look into displayport to VGA adapters.

EDIT: or.. what i'd much rather recommend is you look into buying a new display as well, but seeing 1050Ti, i understand that may be out of budget.

 

EDIT EDIT: doesnt that display just have a DVI input you can use instead?

[samcool55]

To keep it simple, HDMI and DP are digital only.

DVI is also always digital and SOMETIMES it also has analog.

DVI can be capable of digital and analog at the same time.

VGA is always analog.

 

The reason it doesn't work is that the 1050ti has a DVI-D connector, which means it only has the digital part.

And because VGA is analog only, it's impossible to use a simple adapter to get it working because there is no analog signal from the gpu and your monitor needs one.

 

That's where the active adapters come in, what they do is take the signal it's designed for in the input side and spits whatever it should spit out on the other side.
There is actual chips and electronic stuff in the connector actively (that's why it's an active adaptor) converting the signal.

 

It also sounds like a weird adaptor, i would get an active DP->vga one if you can.

[Ryujin2003]

2 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

To keep it simple, HDMI and DP are digital only.

DVI is also always digital and SOMETIMES it also has analog.

DVI can be capable of digital and analog at the same time.

VGA is always analog.

 

The reason it doesn't work is that the 1050ti has a DVI-D connector, which means it only has the digital part.

And because VGA is analog only, it's impossible to use a simple adapter to get it working because there is no analog signal from the gpu and your monitor needs one.

 

That's where the active adapters come in, what they do is take the signal it's designed for in the input side and spits whatever it should spit out on the other side.
There is actual chips and electronic stuff in the connector actively (that's why it's an active adaptor) converting the signal.

 

It also sounds like a weird adaptor, i would get an active DP->vga one if you can.

Seriously, what he said.

 

Also, what is your original setup? If you had the previous GPU and just put this into your pre-existing setup, it could be trying to use your older R7. If you have an AMD setup, unless youre running an A series with iGPU, you're out of luck, you'd need to install your older GPU and then use DDU to remove your GPU drivers, then install the 1050ti again, and go from there. If you have iGPU for A series or an Intel CPU, then use your MB video out until you have the drivers installed for the new 1050ti. It's generally not good to switch hardware without removing the drivers first.

[G27Racer_188]

The easiest and cheapest solution is to buy DVI to DVI cable as the monitor supports DVI input.

[Princess Luna]

Only DVI-I or DVI-A have analog signals, DVI-D is digital exclusive you can use whatever adapter you want it won't ever work.

[rajsaha]

My monitor doesn't have a DVI connector. I realize now that the products you guys found have DVI but the version I have does not. I don't know why that's the case.

 

I will look into buying an active adapter. 

 

Also, I did actually uninstall the AMD drivers first. That seemed obvious to me. However, it did not occur to me to install the drivers for the 1050ti before plugging in the card. I can try that. I will post update tomorrow after I've tried all your suggestions. 

 

Thanks, guys!

[rajsaha]

Just came in to let you guys know that your suggestions worked. I bought a VGA to DisplayPort active adapter and voila, problem fixed just like that! So, thank you all again.

 

One tiny little problem did crop up though - my display kept turning off everytime I plugged anything into any of the USB ports of my motherboard. 

 

This was quickly fixed after I installed the driver for my GPU, so I guess it was just that, a driver issue. Still, I found it to be quite odd and I do not know why it happened in the first place.