regular VGA cable from monitor to cpu not working on Dell PC

[tester2]

hi guys i need your help, my friend got a Dell PC and a flat screen monitor. So he try to connect a regular 15 pins cable from monitor to cpu system,. when I ON the system getting message like this [connect a vga cable which comes when you buy the system etc]. This is a win Vista system, having old style vga & new style white vga connector behind it.

so i dont know what to do know, I took some pictures of monitor connector & cpu connector, please let me know ehich cable need this PC or what kind of settings i have to do to use regular 15 pins cable get work on it.

pic 578 is on cpu connector
pic 574 is on monitor connector

thanks for your answers.

[satchick]

That would be a proprietary connector used by Dell and a few others, it's a DMS-59. They just use it to provide more than one output on a low profile card. You'll need a splitter such as this one: http://www.btecanada.com/products/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/m/dms59-dvi.jpg

Other cables are available with two VGA ports, or one VGA and one DVI port.

[satchick]

Dual VGA:
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-DMS-59-Splitter-Monitor-Adapter/dp/B003EHCPWM
Dual DVI:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BFGXOQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=1278548962&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B003EHCPWM&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1D11TZ2RJHPGTE3RXYRC

[tester2]

hi there thanks for the info. i like to know little bit more, if i use DMS-59 to wards CPU and 15 pins regular towards monitor, is this going to wirk or not, because i already saw the link above the Adapter DMS-59 TO VGA ADAPTER -- if this adapter works , please let me know.

or both side i need DMS-59 to dvi 24 pins.

thanks

[satchick]

Does the monitor have both VGA and DVI inputs? If it does, the DMS-59 to VGA cable will work.... If the monitor is DVI only, you'll need the DMS-59 to DVI cable.

[1boxman]

hi there thanks for the info. i like to know little bit more, if i use DMS-59 to wards CPU and 15 pins regular towards monitor, is this going to wirk or not, because i already saw the link above the Adapter DMS-59 TO VGA ADAPTER -- if this adapter works , please let me know.

or both side i need DMS-59 to dvi 24 pins.

thanks

First the ..the VGA is analog sign
DVI or DVI -D and I it digital signal

A simple adapter will work .. to convert from dvi to vga
On a normal use ..you will not no the difference between them ..Unless you use large graphic programs .

Plus you save money on the cables . The adapter at a local computer store will be less than 10 dollars vrs a 40 plus on cables .

[satchick]

1boxman, either way he needs the DMS-59 to VGA/DVI adaptor... If you wanted to run a standard 15-pin VGA cable to the monitor, you would need a DVI to VGA adaptor on the monitor, unless the monitor already has a VGA input on it that you didn't show in the picture.

DVI to VGA adaptor:
http://www.gttkc.com/shop/images/VGA-TO-DVI-ADAPTER.jpg