Update - I suspect my DVI Female to HD15 VGA Male converter may be the problem. I bought it at Fry's. It was the only one the had and it has no documentation. Found another one on the net that looks like it, and, this one specifically says it does not support DVI-D. It only supports DVH.
Is there such a thing as a DVI-D Female to HD15 Male converter?
Hey, you've only had the posting here what - half a day, and you are already giving up on a reply? :smileytongue:
You can do it, it's just that the conversion to digital takes more than just a cable or an adapter, it takes a converter. They are also not cheap, usually around $300, like the third one down on this page:
No, the KVM switch from IO Gear does not support the DVI connection. It just has a standard VGA In. However, it allows me to do what I want to do. I now have two computers sharing the 2405FPW display, both, connected via VGA. All of my other peripherals switch between the two computers as well. The tap of a single button makes the switch.
Transforming my VGA Out to DVI would take a $300 converter box. Too much money. Too much space. I haven't seen DVI connection work on this monitor, but, I have no complaints about the quality of the image using VGA. It is excellent. I think I have sold another ten of these things for Dell, since I got it. I run a software company and my customer base is one that really benefits from a wide screen, given what they have to do every day. I tell them all to drop what they are doing and go buy one of these things right now. It is an incredible value at $900.
Only one complaint. The USB hub built in to the display causes a high pitched whine in one of the two computers that are connected. When I use it, I get error messages about a high speed device being connected to a low speed USB port. I don't understand it. The hub is rated as USB 2.0 and so is the computer making the noise. When I unplug the USB connection to the display, the noise goes away. No big deal for me. I have plenty of USB ports readily available, since both computers are laptops that are sitting on top of my desk.
Here's another tip. Creative makes some small powered speakers that are a perfect match, colorwise with the Dell display-- Creative I-trigue 2200. It looks like they were made for each other. $50 at Fry's Electronics. Excellent sound.
jkloos
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January 21st, 2006 12:00
Update - I suspect my DVI Female to HD15 VGA Male converter may be the problem. I bought it at Fry's. It was the only one the had and it has no documentation. Found another one on the net that looks like it, and, this one specifically says it does not support DVI-D. It only supports DVH.
Is there such a thing as a DVI-D Female to HD15 Male converter?
jkloos
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January 21st, 2006 17:00
chulett
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January 21st, 2006 19:00
Hey, you've only had the posting here what - half a day, and you are already giving up on a reply? :smileytongue:
You can do it, it's just that the conversion to digital takes more than just a cable or an adapter, it takes a converter. They are also not cheap, usually around $300, like the third one down on this page:
http://www.cablewholesale.com/catalog/dvitovgaconverters.htm
jkloos
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January 21st, 2006 20:00
No offense intended re lack of response. I just looked back and thought it was funny that I was talking to myself on-line.
Thanks for the tip on the converter. I have solved my problem temporarily with a $70 kvm switch from IO Gear kvm siwtch:
http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GCS632U&PHPSESSID=7dffc1053ee3d6cc7d44bddf88b48d89
chulett
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January 21st, 2006 20:00
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January 27th, 2006 21:00
jkloos
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January 28th, 2006 14:00
No, the KVM switch from IO Gear does not support the DVI connection. It just has a standard VGA In. However, it allows me to do what I want to do. I now have two computers sharing the 2405FPW display, both, connected via VGA. All of my other peripherals switch between the two computers as well. The tap of a single button makes the switch.
Transforming my VGA Out to DVI would take a $300 converter box. Too much money. Too much space. I haven't seen DVI connection work on this monitor, but, I have no complaints about the quality of the image using VGA. It is excellent. I think I have sold another ten of these things for Dell, since I got it. I run a software company and my customer base is one that really benefits from a wide screen, given what they have to do every day. I tell them all to drop what they are doing and go buy one of these things right now. It is an incredible value at $900.
Only one complaint. The USB hub built in to the display causes a high pitched whine in one of the two computers that are connected. When I use it, I get error messages about a high speed device being connected to a low speed USB port. I don't understand it. The hub is rated as USB 2.0 and so is the computer making the noise. When I unplug the USB connection to the display, the noise goes away. No big deal for me. I have plenty of USB ports readily available, since both computers are laptops that are sitting on top of my desk.
Here's another tip. Creative makes some small powered speakers that are a perfect match, colorwise with the Dell display-- Creative I-trigue 2200. It looks like they were made for each other. $50 at Fry's Electronics. Excellent sound.