New PC - how do i plug my monitor in? Do I need to buy a new one??

[Chiffy]

Hi

I just bought a lovely new PC, delivered yesterday :

4GB DDR2 PC-6400 800 MHZ (4 x 1 GB 800)

HIPER POWER 580W LOW NOISE/SLI READY

MS WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64-BIT

ASUS SKT-775 P5K S/L 1333FSB

INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 1066FSB SKT775

Coolermaster Centurion 5 case

Sapphire ATI HD3850 256MB PCI-E 2.0

 

 

I've got a 19" flat LCD monitor, with a RGB/VGA/d-Sub (?) connection (multi-pin plug with screws) on my old PC, and thought I could just plug this relatively new monitor into my new PC. But the new PC hasn't got any ports that I can see. It's custom-built and the company is now shut for Christmas, so I ain't got anybody to ask. I can nip down to PC World and get a new monitor today, if that's what I need, but can somebody tell me what I need to ask for? I've tried googling monitors but in the specs they don't really mention connections. And walking into PC World expecting some proper advice is really asking for trouble....

 

Thanks

Chiffy

[RandyL]

Hi Chiffy;

welcome to the forums.

 

Pardon me for asking but is this a desktop and not a laptop? Are you saying it doesn't have the usual vga Port?

 

RandyL

[Santa]

Pardon me for asking but is this a desktop and not a laptop? Are you saying it doesn't have the usual vga Port?

 

RandyL

It's definitely a desktop. I can't see why it wouldn't have a standard VGA port though?

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hello Chiffy

 

Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help

 

Tell me what inputs you have on the monitor and what outputs you have on the pc with regard to this shot here.

 

http://www.dansdata.com/images/xabre/conns500.jpg

 

 

From top to bottom, the highest is a DVI I connector, then S Video and finally a normal VGA output.

 

More information about this is here.

[hardware_dave]

If you have the white connector, you can get a cheep adaptor to connect your existing monitor.

 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Adapter_DVI_to_VGA.jpg

 

Dave

[Seth]

If you have the white connector, you can get a cheep adaptor to connect your existing monitor.

 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Adapter_DVI_to_VGA.jpg

 

Dave

That's right on the money. The Sapphire card only has DVI outputs.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Well we know that now Seth, the updated information was not available earlier.