[geeks] Not-quite DVI video?

[Robert Toegel]

I did see something like that a long time ago.  IIRC, it has two cables
split off of it into what appeared to be two DVI connectors.  Don't trust
my memory, it's been a few years and I'm getting old, lol.  Hopefully,
someone will come up with a better idea of what it is

Bob

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025, 02:11 Mouse via geeks <geeks at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> I've got an HP machine which has a video card marked with the HP logo
> and "A4977A Vis EG-PCI".  I'd like to use it - but the video connector
> is odd.  It loooks like DVI at first blush, but it's not; the shell is
> longer than a DVI connector.  It looks as though someone took a DVI
> connector and enlarged the 3x8 grid of pins to 3x10.
>
> Anyone know what this is, and, in particular, what it would take to
> connect it to a non-HP-specific monitor (DVI, VGA, even HDMI or DP if
> need be)?
>
> I tried replacing the card with a PCI video card from my stock of video
> cards, but I don't get any video out of it, leading me to suspect the
> ROM code is refusing to work with third-party video.
>
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