Can't connect my monitor with DVI

Question

My monitor has always been connected with VGA. I wanted to connect it with a DVI cable. I turned off the computer, connected the DVI and turn on the computer.

I received nothing on the screen, nothing changed and I heard a long "bip" from the PC. This sound lasted 3 seconds, then stopped. When it stopped, I turned off the computer and reconnect with the old VGA cable.

My PC:

• Motherboard : MSI-970A-G46
• Processor : AMD FX-6300 Black Edition
• Graphics : Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X OC
• Windows 10
• Monitor : Asus VE247H 24".

All the drivers are installed and updated.

Thanks for the help.

Solution

Do ensure that you have the right kind of DVI cable. There are more than one type of connection:

If you do have the right cable for the job, then try it with another computer or monitor to try and see if either is the problem.

I did look at your video card and it appears you have two different DVI plug types:

I also looked up your monitor:

So your video card uses DVI-I and DVI-D. Your monitor supports DVI-D. Make sure your cable is DVI-D and then make sure you plug it into the DVI-D port of your video card.

Comments

[TotomInc]

My cable is a DVI-D single link according to your picture. I tried to connect the cable on the DVI-I graphic card output. Is it important that I have a single link cable? Did it should work if I connect my DVI-D single link cable on the DVI-I dual link graphic card output? Thanks for your help!

[Eric F]

@TotomInc Try plugging a DVI-D (single link) cable from the DVI-D port on your video card to the DVI-D port on your monitor.

[TotomInc]

It doesn't works, still the same problem, PC is giving me "bips". But it's more like "biiiiiip bip bip" so translate this by a long bip and 2 short bips. :) Maybe I should go on HDMI?

[TotomInc]

Maybe it can be the cause that I got a single link? Because monitor and graphic card are both DVI-D dual link. I will be back in some hours, thanks for your help!

[Eric F]

@TotomInc Most definitely that can be the case. Make sure your cable is dual link too. If this does help, please mark this as a solution.

[TotomInc]

I will try with an HDMI cable ASAP. Thanks for your help!