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hdmi-dvi + adapter dvi-to-vga

Former Member

Hi

 

my monitor has only VGA.Can I use DVI-VGA adapter to connect HDMI-DVI cable to monitor?

 

tnx :-)

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  • in reply to mcb1

    Mark, thank very much :-)

     

    Today I was visiting my brother in Belgrade (Serbia) and he gave me his old monitor

    which of course had only VGA but also some mysterious port.

    Later I found out that it is a BNC.

    So now I have to buy RCA-to-BNC adapter (very very cheap) to connect my Pi with "video" cable... image

    I know that screen quality is poor but I'll try that for now.

     

    Mark, I found your adapter at Farnell and I will try to buy it.

    I really appreciate your help.

    tnx again

     

    Milan

  • in reply to Former Member

    Milan

    Glad I could find it and it might help.

     

    For other readers, there are plenty of LCD monitors that go faulty, and tend to head to the recycling.

    For 99% of them its likely to be the capacitors, which have died, and are easily replaced.

     

    If you have the chance to repurpose something, then for less than NZ$20, a soldering iron, and maybe some solder wick/desoldering you can fix them.

     

    Choose 105deg caps and check the ESR rating (low ESR = good high frequency performance) , size and of course voltage.

    There are videos of repairs (useful to get them apart) if you still need convincing, but you'll be surprised how easy it is.

     

    Mark