GTX 1050 TI HDMI to VGA Flickering

[integer123]

I was running a VGA and DVI-D monitor with my Nvidia GTX 650. Recently I upgraded my video card to the GTX 1050 TI by evga. I figured I should be able to adapt the HDMI to VGA seeing as the GTX 1050TI has no VGA support. I bought one of these to adapt the output. When I plug in the adapter the display appears for a few minutes but then I hear the ejected hardware sound and both monitors go black without losing power and reset, the VGA one first. Ive tried the adapter and monitor on another computer with a 1070 and it does the same thing. The DVI-D monitor works flawlessly by itself and the VGA monitor was working on my GTX 650 moments before I tried it with the adapter. My question is, is this adapter faulty or simply insufficient? Do I need one with a power source or did I just lose the silicone lottery?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Active-Female-Adapter/dp/B012DLMS1W
You need an Active adapter now for the 1000 series and up.

 

[Barty1884]

The adapter looks to be flawed. Sure, it's "active" - but most "active" HDMI to VGA adapters will have additional power requirements from a micro USB cable.
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rankie-Gold-Plated-Active-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00ZMV7RL2/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510934470&sr=1-4&keywords=active+hdmi+to+vga

Should do the trick just fine. That one just looks to be underpowered.

 

[Snipergod87]

I have had problems with some low quality active adapters with flickering or the screen going black for a second then coming back.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have had problems with some low quality active adapters with flickering or the screen going black for a second then coming back.

I agree and a lot of them fail , according to users on the forum.