VGA to DVi Converter Problem

[shiner]

I purchased a 22" V7 monitor from OC several weeks ago, with the intention of running my PC via the VGA & my 360 through the DVi with the use of an converter.

I have both component & VGA leads for my 360 so I decided to get a DVI-M TO VGA-F converter which I ordered via the bay see link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....from=R8&satitle=270115931022&category0=&fvi=1

Now the problem I'm having is that this converter has 4 pins around the flat blade on the DVi side (see ebay pic), my monitor however does have these 4 holes for these to go into so I've been unable to use it Just wondering if those 4 pins on the converter are standard to DVi or not and if they are why does my monitor not have the correct input?

 

[lsg1r]

normally the dvi adapter goes into the card not the monitor

iirc the 4 pins have something to do with vga via dvi.

 

[shiner]

So this can't be used for my 360 or 1 like it?

I asked the seller and he was the one to confirm this was the bit of kit I needed after I explained my hardware situation

What other options have I got as its driving me nutz having to keep changing the VGA in the back of the monitor each time I want to go on the 360

 

[drunkenmaster]

errm, well theres diff versions of dvi, the adaptor you've bought is probably, errm, the other one ¬_¬


theres a couple versions that have less pins and so on. the question is, what gfx card do you have in your comp, if its onboard i can understand no dvi, if you do have a dvi out on the computer, just run them the other way around.

as someone said anyway, i forget the official names, but its something like dvi-i has the extra pins for vga passthrough, so a card with dvi ports has all the pins and if you connect a monitor with only d-sub it can use those pins and an adaptor.

i seem to remember something about my brother buying some really cheap card and wanted to use two d-sub monitors so tried to use a dvi-vga adaptor at the gfx card end but that card only supported dvi-d, digital only and the adaptor didn't fit.

 

[shiner]

What other way can I connect my 360 to the DVI on my monitor? or will have have to get a splitter for the VGA?

 

[fish99]

Also surely the monitor will only accept a digital signal through it's DVI port.

Could you not connect the PC through DVI and the 360 through VGA?