need DVI connected with smaller head

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need DVI connected with smaller head

The video card on the Mac Pro 1,1 that I just recently acquired has two DVI ports placed just a little too close for both of my Apple monitors to plug in -- the plastic housing on the DVI plugs is just a little too bulky for them both to fit in side by side. I was told Mac Pro's originally shipped with an adapter that had a smaller housing to address this problem. Would anybody know where I might find such an adaptor? Or some workaround that would allow me to plug in both monitors?

Any help appreciated!

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 9:25 PM

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lllaass

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Sep 20, 2014 3:28 AM in response to kookooframe

Can you cut some plastic off the plugs you have?

I have done that for some of my computers

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Sep 20, 2014 8:25 AM in response to lllaass

It seems that Apple recognized and solved that problem so long ago, the solution has been discontinued:

Can't connect two DVI connectors to Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), Mac Pro (Original), and Mac Pro (Early 2008) video cards

image from that same article

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Sep 20, 2014 10:50 AM in response to kookooframe

kookooframe wrote:

Would anybody know where I might find such an adaptor?

In answer to your question, http://www.themacstore.com/parts/show/app-6038471.

Or do an internet search for "603-8471" (the part number) for other sellers of the extension cable.

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Sep 20, 2014 3:17 PM in response to lllaass

Thanks to all for the helpful replies! I took the advice of lllass and brought the monitor over to my brother's house where he put the housing in a vise and filed down the plastic with a metal file. The connection fits fine now, and both monitors are up and running. We were both wondering how Apple could make such a mistake with the video connections, requiring such a low-tech solution, but that's the computer biz, I guess.

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Sep 20, 2014 4:51 PM in response to kookooframe

The Apple monitors (with the fat DVI plugs) were designed before the Mac Pro.

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