Adapter to use monitor

melbury

After I purchased a refurbished HP 8200 Elite SFF, which was older than the desktop it replaced, I have been unable to use my HP2211x monitor because the connector thing is different.

Is there something I can buy so that I can use it again, as it is far superior to the smaller monitor that was supplied with the refurbished desktop?

OnlyTheBestWillDo

You can just use the VGA connection.

OnlyTheBestWillDo

Otherwise:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/17046073252

coffeehound

Isn't VGA a wee bit archaic now?

melbury

OnlyTheBestWillDo said:

Otherwise:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/17046073252

It doesn't look like that. 

The HP 2211x monitor has a strange connector with two square blocks of nine small pins and one flat pin on the side with two screws that you tighten and an AC/DC adapter with the electric kettle type plug in it on one side. 

I am not too sure about the older monitor that I want to replace, except that it also has a similar looking connector but with I think three lines of pins and again with two screws to hold it in place.

Sorry it sounds a bit muddled.

ThisnotThat

melbury said:

OnlyTheBestWillDo said:

Otherwise:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/17046073252

It doesn't look like that. 

The HP 2211x monitor has a strange connector with two square blocks of nine small pins and one flat pin on the side with two screws that you tighten and an AC/DC adapter with the electric kettle type plug in it on one side. 

I am not too sure about the older monitor that I want to replace, except that it also has a similar looking connector but with I think three lines of pins and again with two screws to hold it in place.

Sorry it sounds a bit muddled.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

Scroll down to the connector section and find yours on the monitor you want to use.  Get a cable with that on one end and DisplayPort on the other.

OnlyTheBestWillDo

melbury said:

OnlyTheBestWillDo said:

Otherwise:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/17046073252

It doesn't look like that. 

The HP 2211x monitor has a strange connector with two square blocks of nine small pins and one flat pin on the side with two screws that you tighten and an AC/DC adapter with the electric kettle type plug in it on one side. 

I am not too sure about the older monitor that I want to replace, except that it also has a similar looking connector but with I think three lines of pins and again with two screws to hold it in place.

Sorry it sounds a bit muddled.

I am quite sure that it is correct. It's an adaptor; you attach your existing DVI-D cable to it. So one end is DisplayPort and the other end connects to your DVI-D lead.

The monitor has both VGA & DVI-D. So you can use either VGA to VGA or DisplayPort to DVI-D using the adaptor in my link and your existing DVI-D cable. I write 'existing' as otherwise you must have connected via VGA before if you don't have an existing DVI-D cable.



Is how it should look at the back of the monitor. The adapter is attached to the PC's DisplayPort and to the other end of the DVI-D cable.

melbury

Thank you, the back of the computer looks like it would need a 15 pin plug i.e. 3 straight rows of 5 - if that makes any sense.

debitcardmayhem

Like this perhaps that's VGA

jamesd

Your computer has these:

1 DisplayPort

1 VGA video

...

DVI output available via optional DisplayPort to DVI adapter

So you need a display port to DVI-D adapter as suggested earlier. Those are commonly available in an ordinary looking cable.

Pictures of the various types are available at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_connectors .

This cable in whatever length option you need should do the job for you:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-DisplayPort-DVI-Cable-1-8/dp/B014RWWURC

Don't be put off by the word basic, as they use it it just means without unnecessary frills but gets the job done, with an excellent returns policy if it doesn't work even though it should.

melbury

debitcardmayhem said:

Like this perhaps that's VGA

Yes that is it exactly!