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dvi cables

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ok i recently bought a dvi adapter for my macbook and then a cable for it but the cable has an area on it that looks somewhat like four prongs surrounding a piece of flat metal and the adapter has only a slot for the metal piece and its too small. What can i do to fix that?
thanks
 
i'm having a hard time trying to visualize the problem ("the cable has an area on it that looks somewhat like four prongs surrounding a piece of flat metal and the adapter has only a slot for the metal piece and its too small.") you're having with the cable. if you post a picture, it might be easier to find a solution.

maybe somebody else knows off the top of their head?

EDIT: does it look like this? cause this is S-Video, not DVI. Edit: ok, never mind. i don't think you're thinking of s-video....
 

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The Cable you have is a DVI-I cable. Unfortunately the DVI connector that the Apple Mini-DVI becomes is DVI-D (which lacks those 4 pins around the flat pin). Return the DVI-I cable and get a DVI-D cable. Your TV has the pins either to support analog DVI connections (DVI-A)/VGA or so that you can just use the more common DVI-I cables.

TEG
 
TEG said:
The Cable you have is a DVI-I cable. Unfortunately the DVI connector that the Apple Mini-DVI becomes is DVI-D (which lacks those 4 pins around the flat pin). Return the DVI-I cable and get a DVI-D cable. Your TV has the pins either to support analog DVI connections (DVI-A)/VGA or so that you can just use the more common DVI-I cables.

TEG
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forget what i said. do what he said.
 
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