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Trying to connect a docking station to two vga monitors
I purchased a E/Port Plus 210W Port Replicator for use with a pair of Dell monitors that feature vga inputs. It has DVI-D and display port outputs. The DVI-D will require an active adapter, has anyone tried converting the display port to vga using a passive adapter.
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June 21st, 2012 15:00
ChrisF26,
Welcome to the community,
A passive DP to VGA will work. Passive adapters are merely a cable to go from displayport to DVI/HDMI/VGA. The video card detects the monitor as such, and outputs the required signal (DVI/HDMI/VGA). Active adapters, on the other hand recieve a displayport signal from the video card, and convert it to DVI/HDMI/VGA. They will always have some sort of onboard DAC or video converter chip which they use to convert the dp signal. Lately, most everyone has been referring the DAC ones (which are the converters that go DP->VGA) as 'passive.'