DVI cable question

[Zoinks]

Can someone give me a quick fill in on digital monitor cable/connections. Work gave me a Dell 1900 in exchange for a Sony SDM-M81 monitor. But I can't plug the existing cable from my computer into the new monitor. The Dell does not have holes for the 4 pins next to the bar. Why would that be? Can I just go out and buy the right cable? What kind of cable would that be?

Poor man's diagrams

Monitor (female):

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Cable (male):
........ ..
........ -
........ ..
(some of the left ones are missing)

 

[n7]

Your diagram confuses me, but all you should need is a DVI-D cable.

Perhaps somehow you had a DVI-I cable 😕

 

[jiffylube1024]

Sounds like you got a DVI-I cable which supports both DVI and analog (VGA) signals; the 4 pins and the bar are for analog signals only. What you want is a DVI-D cable, a DVI cable with only the digital pins.

 

[Zoinks]

Thank you! That was exactly what I was looking for!

I realize my diagrams aren't very good, but the forums don't give you a lot to work with. Thanks to n7 and jiffylube I found photos here (http://www.mycableshop.com/3rd_Level/Video-Flat.htm) which show that indeed I need DVI-D not DVI-I.