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    how to do mini display port to DVI

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by M3atwad, Jun 2, 2018.

  1. M3atwad

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    Hello,

    I have a gigabyte aero 15. I'm trying to plug a monitor with a dvi input into the mini display port. Using this website as a reference for the different DVI interfaces:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

    I bought a cable on amazon that does mini display to DVI-D dual link. Unfortunately this isn't working. Should I have bought a mini display port to a different dvi interface? How do you know what interface (dvi side) to use? Will the mini display port output video if I get a DVI-I dual link cable?

    I'm running the latest nVideo drivers for the gtx 1060 in this laptop. Any help is appreciated!

    ps: I'm using a passive cable

    Thanks!
     
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    M3atwad, Jun 2, 2018
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  2. HussainQ

    HussainQ Notebook Evangelist

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    You need an active cable, also I haven't been able to find a proper dvi-d to mdp for high refresh rates
     
    HussainQ, Jun 2, 2018
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  3. M3atwad

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    Yup that was the problem. I bought this for the laptop and it works now.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EDSZYII/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I'm only running at 1920x1080 at 60Hz though so I don't know from a performance standpoint how much higher you can go. I'm also using a single link DVI cable. I'm not sure if a dual link would help with higher refresh rates and resolution. I know you need the dual link to do the higher resolutions.
     
    M3atwad, Jun 4, 2018
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  4. HussainQ

    HussainQ Notebook Evangelist

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    The one I bought worked fine at 60Hz, but anything above that would throw an error on the monitor telling me to use the original cable, even though the cable I bought was advertised as mini dp to dvi-d.
    So as long as you stay at 60Hz, you should be fine.
     
    HussainQ, Jun 4, 2018
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