DVI-I to DVI-D adaptor

[reddog94111]

I need a DVI-D Female to DVI-I male adaptor.  Do you have it in stock or can I place a special order?  Cost?

[Jonathan]

I need a DVI-D Female to DVI-I male adaptor.  Do you have it in stock or can I place a special order?  Cost?

In most situations you wouldn't ever need an adapter like that.  You can plug a DVI-D cable directly into a DVI-I port.  What exactly is the application you need it for?  what kind of devices are you connecting? what are their respective port types, and what kind of cable do you already have?

[reddog94111]

I have a Dell Desktop with an nVIDIA 8300 GS graphic card.  The graphic card has a VGA (Blue) female receptacle which I am using a VGA male cable for a Dell 19" LCD monitor.  The card also has a DVI-I female receptacle for a second monitor.  However my second LCD monitor came with a DVI-D male cable that would not physically fit into the DVI-I female receptacle.  Dell tech service told me that they do not supply the adapter and I will have to look to independent supplier.

[Jonathan]

Ok, if your video card has a DVI-I port, it has all of the available DVI pins (holes since it's female).  And DVI-D should have all the pins except the 2 above and below the horizontal bar. As shown here:


Is that how your DVI-I port and DVI-D cable are? Do they match this diagram?

[reddog94111]

What I have is a DVI-I (Integrated) Dual Link Female on my desktop, and a cable from the monitor with the DVI-D (Digital) single Link Male connector.

[Jonathan]

What I have is a DVI-I (Integrated) Dual Link Female on my desktop, and a cable from the monitor with the DVI-D (Digital) single Link Male connector.

Ok, a DVI-D single link cable is made to be able to plug into a DVI-I port.  If it's having a hard time plugging in you may want to check for bent pins on your cable.  Try to see what isn't lining up and is causing the problem.

There's no such thing as a DVI-D to DVI-I adapter because DVI-I can support every type of DVI cable, I, D, and A.  Other than that you may just need to buy a new DVI-D cable for the monitor. I can't think of any other reason why they wouldn't connect.