DVI-D to VGA adapter not working.

[Subhodeep_1]

I bought a ASUS Radeon RX 550 2gb DDR5 gpu and a dvi-d to vga adapter for it.
My monitor only has vga port. But when i connect the 24+1 DVI-D male to the gpu port there is no output. the ports avilable on the gpu are 24+1 DVI-d female , hdmi, display port. Please help,

 

[Barty1884]

Which adapter did you buy specifically? It needs to be 'active' to convert the digital (DVI-D, HDMI, DP) signal to Analog (VGA).

 

[boosted1g]

If this is the adapter this wont work.

This is a DVI-I to VGA adapter and works because DVI-I has the wiring/data for a VGA signal built in. DVI-D does not and requires an active adapter (meaning a circuit board actively converting Digital into Analog).

 

[Subhodeep_1]

If this is the adapter this wont work.

This is a DVI-I to VGA adapter and works because DVI-I has the wiring/data for a VGA signal built in. DVI-D does not and requires an active adapter (meaning a circuit board actively converting Digital into Analog).

Yes that is the one I bought.

 

[boju]

Rx550 only has DVI D, so no passive analog signal which an DVI-I would have given if the gpu had one. boosted1g is correct, you need an active converter to change the signal to analog.

 

[Subhodeep_1]

Rx550 only has DVI D, so no passive analog signal which an DVI-I would have given if the gpu had one. boosted1g is correct, you need an active converter to change the signal to analog.

If I instead go for HDMI to vga option then what sort of adapter should i get?

 

[boju]

DVI to VGA:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C93JQXS

or

HDMI to VGA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SM7O2U

Both HDMI and DVID are digital so it doesn't matter from which the signal originates, it's just whatever is cheapest which is the HDMI route.

 

[boju]

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-HDMI-VGA-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00BUKO6CW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498882057&sr=1-1&keywords=StarTech+hdmi+to+vga

Little more expensive HDMI to VGA but you're guaranteed with Startech. Not sure of the quality of the Cable matters brand.

 

[Karadjgne]

Dvi-i is :::: :-:
Dvi-d is :::: -
The difference is in the 4x pins on the one short side with the bar. They carry the RGB analog signals, which in monitors is VGA. Dvi-d does not have the analog pins, it's digital only, so will not convert to VGA with a passive adapter such as you bought. You will need an active adapter, which converts digital to analog signals. This is true of any digital source, be it dvi-d, dvi-dual, hdmi or display port.

 

[Subhodeep_1]

DVI to VGA:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C93JQXS

or

HDMI to VGA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SM7O2U

Both HDMI and DVID are digital so it doesn't matter from which the signal originates, it's just whatever is cheapest which is the HDMI route.

Thanks for the solution.
However I live in India so i searched for an alternative.
http://www.amazon.in/Terabyte-Hdmi-Converter-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00S0C76GQ?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=hdmi%20to%20vga%20adapter&qid=1498885402&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
will this work?

 

[boju]

Yes that should work