Please help, not sure which adapter to purchase

EliteF50 · Dec 20, 2009, 08:00 PM

My friend's old 17" ACD isn't working anymore, so he's thinking of buying a PC monitor for his PowerMac G5. But the problem is, we don't know what adapter it needs.

Would we need a DVI to VGA adapter for this monitor?

HP Monitor from Wal-Mart

gugucom · Dec 20, 2009, 09:25 PM

probably nothing, but impossible to say without a spec

EliteF50 · Dec 21, 2009, 12:28 AM

What do you mean? The monitor's specs or the Power Mac's specs?

gugucom · Dec 21, 2009, 02:46 AM

monitor

Dr.Pants · Dec 21, 2009, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by gugucom

monitor

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Originally Posted by EliteF50

HP Monitor from Wal-Mart

Digging into the site, enlarging the picture gives it the designation HP W1707. Amazon says that it has both DVI-D and VGA ports. I do not think an adapter is required. However, I do admit, the picture was blurry, so might as well pick up one just in case.

EliteF50 · Dec 21, 2009, 09:35 AM

Really? That's great news! So, the Power Mac has a DVI-D on the back of it, right?

Dr.Pants · Dec 21, 2009, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by EliteF50

Really? That's great news! So, the Power Mac has a DVI-D on the back of it, right?

For simplicity, yes, it does. You can look at the graphic card's specifications for more information in the matter, but it should.

Dec 20, 2009, 08:00 PM	#1
EliteF50 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2009	Please help, not sure which adapter to purchase My friend's old 17" ACD isn't working anymore, so he's thinking of buying a PC monitor for his PowerMac G5. But the problem is, we don't know what adapter it needs. Would we need a DVI to VGA adapter for this monitor? HP Monitor from Wal-Mart __________________ 20" iMac ● 2.66GHz ● 2GB DDR3 ● 320GB HDD ● NVIDIA 9400M ● 10.6.2 ● 12/09/09
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Dec 21, 2009, 12:28 AM	#3
EliteF50 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2009	What do you mean? The monitor's specs or the Power Mac's specs? __________________ 20" iMac ● 2.66GHz ● 2GB DDR3 ● 320GB HDD ● NVIDIA 9400M ● 10.6.2 ● 12/09/09
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Dec 21, 2009, 02:46 AM	#4
gugucom macrumors 68020 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Munich, Germany	monitor __________________ MP4,1●3,33GHz Octad●2*160GB SSD●12GB RAM●Blu-Ray●FireDTV-S2●SL/Vista64 uMBP●SL/Vista64 TC 2TB iPhone●16GB
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Dec 21, 2009, 09:35 AM	#6
EliteF50 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2009	Really? That's great news! So, the Power Mac has a DVI-D on the back of it, right? __________________ 20" iMac ● 2.66GHz ● 2GB DDR3 ● 320GB HDD ● NVIDIA 9400M ● 10.6.2 ● 12/09/09
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