[PLUG] DMS/LFH/DVI/VGA TLA confusion

[Elliott Mitchell]

>From: Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>
> I'm managing a Dell workstation with an nVidia card that takes a 59-pin 
> connector; it's the size of a standard DVI jack, but the pinout is 
> different. My best guess after some Google QT is that it's a DMS 
> connector -- although the difference between DMS and LFH isn't clear to me.

First time I'd heard of it being present on shipping hardware. I'd seen
it called "DMS-59". DMS-59 is pretty much a pair of DVI connectors merged
together. I haven't heard of any connector designated "LFH".

> The Dell came with a little splitter that separates the DMS output into 
> two VGA channels. The rub is that I need DVI output.
> 
> It looks like a few companies produce similar adapters that split the 
> DMS output into two DVI channels. Does anyone have any experience with 
> these things? I'd prefer some advice before ordering a cable that may or 
> may not work.

No experience, but it should work as advertised assuming everyone did
their job right.


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