little dvi problem on mini g4

[MacHamster68]

hello as most know now i have a mini g4 1.42 which has a dvi port ,
my hp 22 inch monitor has a dvi and vga port
at the moment i use a dvi to vga adaptor that came with the mini and connect to the vga port , with perfect picture ,
but when i connect directly dvi from the mini to the dvi in on the monitor then the monitor says no signal ...so what is this dvi port for on the mini g4 only for connecting a adaptor doesn't make sense or am i missing something?

 

[666sheep]

Those minis was discovered not compatible with number of monitors via DVI. Here is small list (old and not updated from some time): http://www.freewebs.com/themagius/macintoshmini.htm
I think that your issue is similar.

 

[MacHamster68]

thanks , so now i know i did not miss a setting or so , and keep on using vga
which offers superb picture too