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8/18/12 at 4:27pm
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Can anyone tell me if its possible to use a DP to DVI cable for these screens with an HD7970? I got one from monoprice but when I hook it up I just get the flashing green light. I'm so tired of this, the money I saved by buying a "cheap" 7970 I've spent twice over in cables trying to get this to work right.. nearly $150 worth. mad.gif

Hello Scorpion39 - sorry to hear about that. Yes, you can use DP to DVI, it just needs to be an ACTIVE adapter.

Here is the only I am using:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00856WJH8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

I have three of them for my catleaps that I use on my MSI Lightning 7970s. If you look a few posts up, you will see all three of my monitors on the triple stand.

Hope this helps you! thumb.gif
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Hello Scorpion39 - sorry to hear about that. Yes, you can use DP to DVI, it just needs to be an ACTIVE adapter.
Here is the only I am using:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00856WJH8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
I have three of them for my catleaps that I use on my MSI Lightning 7970s. If you look a few posts up, you will see all three of my monitors on the triple stand.
Hope this helps you! thumb.gif

Hmm, I'm not using an adapter at all, I guess thats where I got confused. My cable has a DP on one side and DVI on the other. I thought it might work without having to have an active adapter, but if it doesn't then what is the point of such a cable in the first place?
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8/18/12 at 4:40pm
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On another note! I have good news guys! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150586
The new version of my GPU comes with a second D-DVI port unlike the first release ones. So now I can CF the two and have enough ports to attach another two monitors. The only problem I face now is that my water block for my GPU will either not match, or I will have to wait for Swiftech to make an updated version for non-reference PCBs.

According to the website that card only has one dual link dvi.
Yeah... I'm not sure by newegg anyways. Their picture shows a 5 ports but the website says 4. I honestly think they changed the picture to a 7870 which I know has 4 ports.
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Can anyone tell me if its possible to use a DP to DVI cable for these screens with an HD7970? I got one from monoprice but when I hook it up I just get the flashing green light. I'm so tired of this, the money I saved by buying a "cheap" 7970 I've spent twice over in cables trying to get this to work right.. nearly $150 worth. mad.gif

No worries. I spent 520 on my card for it to drop to 470 a few weeks later.
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Hello Scorpion39 - sorry to hear about that. Yes, you can use DP to DVI, it just needs to be an ACTIVE adapter.
Here is the only I am using:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00856WJH8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
I have three of them for my catleaps that I use on my MSI Lightning 7970s. If you look a few posts up, you will see all three of my monitors on the triple stand.
Hope this helps you! thumb.gif

Hmm, I'm not using an adapter at all, I guess thats where I got confused. My cable has a DP on one side and DVI on the other. I thought it might work without having to have an active adapter, but if it doesn't then what is the point of such a cable in the first place?

You got me there.
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8/18/12 at 6:56pm
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Hmm, I'm not using an adapter at all, I guess thats where I got confused. My cable has a DP on one side and DVI on the other. I thought it might work without having to have an active adapter, but if it doesn't then what is the point of such a cable in the first place?

To put it simply any kind of connection that does not require dual link dvi...

The problem is that at such a high resolution single link dvi is not capable of the bandwidth required. So an active adapter is required to take the single channel source(dp) into dual channel output.

You can run lower resolutions with a dp-dvi cord up to 1920x1200 i believe. I don't remember the exact limitation of single link off hand but regardless non active adapter/cords have their place
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To put it simply any kind of connection that does not require dual link dvi...
The problem is that at such a high resolution single link dvi is not capable of the bandwidth required. So an active adapter is required to take the single channel source(dp) into dual channel output.
You can run lower resolutions with a dp-dvi cord up to 1920x1200 i believe. I don't remember the exact limitation of single link off hand but regardless non active adapter/cords have their place

Yeah, I guess. I'm not throwing any more money at this POS Asus 7970 though, the guy who I got it from said he will take it back and refund me. I'm about to go buy a GTX something, whatever is in stock at the local Fry's. Not going to take ANY chances with another failure of an AMD card (this is my second 7970 in a month that has had significant issues).
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8/18/12 at 9:26pm
Not sure if anybody had this problem before, this thread is rather long now and searching I couldn't find anything

I basically got one of these yamakasi 27" screens from BCC, I think I got a new model, it's called Precision 2703. The problem I have is that the screen is blank while everything else appears to be working. The power brick is on, the power led (it's blue on this model) is solid blue, Windows detects the monitor at the proper resolution,although without a name (just says DVI), but the screen remains dead black.

I'm using the cable that came with the monitor, it appears to be decent quality and unfortunately I don't have a second cable around to test. But given that Windows detects the monitor, it's unlikely the cable is the problem. I tried 2 other video cards (I have a GTX670 and I tried a 7950 and a 6450 from AMD) and I get the same problem.

At this point, I'm pretty sure the monitor is DOA, but I'd rather avoid dealing with returns and such if the problem is something minor that could be easily fixed ... Plus, I sent them two emails already and it's been 2 days and I got no answers yet.

Anybody has any ideas?

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8/18/12 at 9:30pm
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Not sure if anybody had this problem before, this thread is rather long now and searching I couldn't find anything
I basically got one of these yamakasi 27" screens from BCC, I think I got a new model, it's called Precision 2703. The problem I have is that the screen is blank while everything else appears to be working. The power brick is on, the power led (it's blue on this model) is solid blue, Windows detects the monitor at the proper resolution,although without a name (just says DVI), but the screen remains dead black.
I'm using the cable that came with the monitor, it appears to be decent quality and unfortunately I don't have a second cable around to test. But given that Windows detects the monitor, it's unlikely the cable is the problem. I tried 2 other video cards (I have a GTX670 and I tried a 7950 and a 6450 from AMD) and I get the same problem.
At this point, I'm pretty sure the monitor is DOA, but I'd rather avoid dealing with returns and such if the problem is something minor that could be easily fixed ... Plus, I sent them two emails already and it's been 2 days and I got no answers yet.
Anybody has any ideas?
thanks

That's definitely a cable problem. Try a new one, and if not pull it apart and the ribbon cables inside might be disconnected. Obviously everything is fine in the line except for the monitor or cable.
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8/18/12 at 9:43pm
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That's definitely a cable problem. Try a new one, and if not pull it apart and the ribbon cables inside might be disconnected. Obviously everything is fine in the line except for the monitor or cable.
It definitely looks like something disconnected, I'm just concerned that if I open it up, the seller may complain and not accept it back in case it really is DOA ... I guess I'll try a new cable first, but if the cable was wrong, I should be getting at least something. Even without a cable, a powered on monitor has some minimal lighting, while this on is dark as a powered off device, even at night in a dark room, there's no light whatsoever (outside of the power led ...).
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8/18/12 at 10:32pm
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It definitely looks like something disconnected, I'm just concerned that if I open it up, the seller may complain and not accept it back in case it really is DOA ... I guess I'll try a new cable first, but if the cable was wrong, I should be getting at least something. Even without a cable, a powered on monitor has some minimal lighting, while this on is dark as a powered off device, even at night in a dark room, there's no light whatsoever (outside of the power led ...).

You're right about the DOA replacement. Try a new cable before popping it open.
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8/18/12 at 10:53pm
So the q270 catleap from BCC seems to be the one of choice then? Sounds like the pixel perfect guarantee ones might be worth it. Would an overclocked gtx 670 be enough to game on this bad boy?
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