dvi connection confusion--help needed

[winclk]

Olevia LT26HVE 26" LCD TV and MSI 6150 motherboard? (K8NGM2-FID).

i want to connect my computer to the lcd using dvi but the dvi connections don't look the same. (here lies my question--is there a cable that i can buy that will allow me to use dvi connection? if so can someone post a place where i can buy one from?

right now i have them connected by vga. can't use the componet connection because that would take up a pci slot and i need both.

winclk

[Fonceur]

A web site like http://www.pacificcable.com/DVI.htm does carry the DVI (dual link) cables that you want. You can check the pictures at the bottom to make sure to select the right one.

[mvwood]

Not all DVI is create the same. There's 3 variations: DVI-A, DVI-D and DVI-I corresponding to Analog, Digital and Integrated digital & analog. There's separate cables for the DVI-D and DVI-A&I. To make things even more confusing there's two variation of DVI cable based on bandwidth. Single link has less bandwidth than dual lingk, though single link can handle more data than 1920x1080 at 60Hz. Further information can be found here.

Hundreds of mail order web stores can supply whatever DVI cable you need (and almost all of them will be cheaper than your neighborhood box store).

[merrypig]

Your motherboard has what is called a DVD-D connector. This connector format only carries the 'digital' or DVI video signals.

Your Monitor has what is called a DVD-I connector. The I means that it carries both the digital and analog signals so that you can connect it to a Digital source, or to an analog VGA source.

A DVI-D cable will always fit into a DVI-I receptacle. the reverse is not true btw.

So you can buy a cable that is DVI-D on both ends and it should do what you need.


On that pacific cable webpage linked to by fonceur, you would use the "DVI-D Single Link" cable selection for the length you want.


Don't bother with dual link cables. Your motherboards (Geforce6150 output) can only do single link.

[winclk]

thanks for all the help.

winclk