560Ti dvi to vga nOt working

[iittopper]

my monitor only has1 vga port and 1 white coloured 25 pin dvi port (i think its dvi-d) . and my gpu 560ti has 2 dvi port with 29 pIn . bought dvi to vga converter having 15 pin on one end and 25 pin on other . put it in gpu dvi slot and use vga to vga wire . when i on my monitor its shows check video cable . any help is appreciated

 

[d6bmg]

The DVI to VGA converter isn't working.

 

[saswat23]

But why are you connecting it using an adapter. Why don't you connect the cable directly to its DVI port?