Mac – DVI-D to Thunderbolt – new Mac Mini

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I am buying a new Mac Mini that has one of these new Thunderbolt ports to connect to monitors. I know that this Thunderbolt port is equivalent to mini Display Port. My monitor is a Samsung 2232BW+ that has one of this DVI-D Single Link connectors. See next picture:

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but all adapters I find are like this:

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all informations I find, say that my monitor is DVI-D Single Link but the adapter is said to be DVI DUAL link.

Looking at both connectors, I see that in theory a DVI-D cable can connect to the DVI dual link, but I want to be sure.

Will it work if I buy one of these connectors in the second picture to use with my DVI-D monitor? Or what other cable do you recommend to connect a new mac mini with a thunderbolt port to a DVI-D monitor?

thanks.

Best Answer

Yes, that will work just fine. Notice that the female DVI connector has more slots than the male connector has pins. Those slots are for the extra pins needed by a dual link cable. They're not needed for a single link DVI connection, so they'll just sit unused.

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