Hooking up a Mac Monitor to a PC (VGA only) (1 Viewer)

Scott L · Jul 25, 2006

We have a nice ~21" widescreen Mac LCD just sitting at a desk that no one's using. My Dell only has a VGA port (unfortunately) while the LCD only seems to have a DVI connection.

Is there a way I can use the monitor on my PC?

Adam Bluhm · Jul 25, 2006

Do you just need an adapter cable, then? If I'm reading you right, you can get a DVI>VGA (or visa versa) adapter plug. My video card came with two. They should be pretty cheap.

You could try this or something similar. I'm not sure if the male/female ends will match up correctly.

Dennis*G · Jul 25, 2006

I don't think it will work, even with an adapter. Only two options are digital out to either analog in or digital in, you can not do analog out to digital in. So you really need a graphics card with DVI for it to work.

RichP · Jul 25, 2006

No can do. The DVI Apple Cinema Displays are DVI-D only, and cannot be fed an analog signal. You'll need to either get a converter box that can switch between VGA and DVI-D (not cheap), or as stated above, get a graphics card with a DVI-D out.

Adam Bluhm · Jul 25, 2006

Oops. Thanks for correcting me, guys. I don't mean to give mis-information.

Scott L · Jul 26, 2006

Thanks for the info guys. I'll just keep pestering my boss for a VGA LCD

Yumbo · Jan 22, 2007

I have a G4 iMac (lamp) with dead or dark screen. I read a while back on some forums on troubleshooting - either reset PRAM and check something else - anyone know how to do both?

Otherwise, is it possible to use the VGA out to use with an ADC display?

Thanks!

Christian Behrens · Jan 23, 2007

Would be cheaper to get a gfx card with DVI out... unless you get an el-cheapo 14" VGA monitor

-Christian

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