Help to Identify a Cable

Money_Saver

Good Morning

I have a Dell PC 'Dimension C521'. The cable which I need help with is the cable that runs from the base unit to the Monitor. I think the connection is DVI.

The connection from the cable into the Pc is as follows:

I have a cable on it's own which I think is a splitter as It has written on it 1 & 2. The end of this cable which goes into the pc is a male 24 pin. At the end of this cable it's split into two 'female' (as above 1&2)

I then have a cable running from the monitor which say's DVI on the rear of the monitor 'male both ends'. This connects to either of the 1&2 which is in the base unit.

I hope the above makes sense!

Any ideas of the cable which Dell have supplied? I am out of warranty, and I did email Dell which I got no response.

The cable I need is the one that goes into the PC(the split one) but I don't need the splitter facility as I only use one monitor.

Any ideas also on cost to replace?

TIA

InsideInsurance

The above contains a photo of a DVI and a VGA socket. The one on the right if a VGA. The DVI can be slightly different in that the - on the right hand side can be a + with a pin hole in each quadrant as DVI comes in both digital and analogue versions.

At a guess, given I can only find a US version of the C521 manual, the PC has a VGA socket and your monitor has a DVI-A input. You can therefore replace the two cables with a single VGA to DVI which you can pick up at Maplins, PC World etc

Money_Saver

InsideInsurance wrote: »

The above contains a photo of a DVI and a VGA socket. The one on the right if a VGA. The DVI can be slightly different in that the - on the right hand side can be a + with a pin hole in each quadrant as DVI comes in both digital and analogue versions.

At a guess, given I can only find a US version of the C521 manual, the PC has a VGA socket and your monitor has a DVI-A input. You can therefore replace the two cables with a single VGA to DVI which you can pick up at Maplins, PC World etc

Thank you. I tried a vga cable to bypass the DVI but the screen just went blank!

Will try maplins/pc world

Thanks again

Chickabiddybex

I would try eBay - PC World is very expensive for cables.

RobTang

Generally the cable you are after is called a dvi dual link splitter.


You should just be able to plug the dvi cable (split to monitor) straight into the pc, the ports on my video card are dual link but .

Myser

As Robtang said, the cable that DELL supply is a dual DVI splitter. The cable from the splitter to your monitor is a standard DVI cable.

The splitter I believe is proprietary to DELL. Are you sure it has broken? Those connectors are quite robust.

Something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-DELL-0H9361-H9361-SPLITTER-CABLE-DMS-59-DUAL-DVI-/200702700012

Money_Saver

Myser wrote: »

As Robtang said, the cable that DELL supply is a dual DVI splitter. The cable from the splitter to your monitor is a standard DVI cable.

The splitter I believe is proprietary to DELL. Are you sure it has broken? Those connectors are quite robust.

Something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-DELL-0H9361-H9361-SPLITTER-CABLE-DMS-59-DUAL-DVI-/200702700012

I think that is the exact cable I need!
Thank YOU

Myser

Money_Saver wrote: »

I think that is the exact cable I need!
Thank YOU

Just check the code matches the one you have. It may be printed on the connector or shown in the paperwork. There may be slight variations.

tafelmoneysaver

I just bought one for £2.99 (DVI->VGA) - Delivered with-in a couple of days.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220552357717

Myser

tafelmoneysaver wrote: »

I just bought one for £2.99 - Delivered with-in a couple of days.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220552357717

Be careful, that listing is for a VGA splitter:

Dual VGA Splitter in Blue (This is what you will recieve)

Dual DVI Splitter in White (Listed if required)

tafelmoneysaver

Myser wrote: »

Be careful, that listing is for a VGA splitter:

Well spotted - I didn't read the original post very well :-)