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Old July 4, 2009, 09:19 PM
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Hi guys, Today a little brained custumer ask me if I was abble to make him a VGA dummy plug? What the hell is that? Am I really noob not to know this or it's only something that is really wierd like the Man bear pig?
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Old July 4, 2009, 09:21 PM
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Well a VGA dummy plug is used when you have a card in SLI/Crossfire and you want to fold on it (aka your second card) and it makes it think a monitor is hooked up to it so you can actually fold on it.
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Old July 4, 2009, 09:22 PM
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Us 'Folders' use a VGA dummy plug to make the GPU 'believe' that there are two screens attached to it. Here is a great picture explanation of what it is. Very easy to make! :)
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Old July 4, 2009, 10:12 PM
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.. silly folders. The use of said plugs is not restricted to folding.
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The 30 Second Dummy Plug - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

I have made a few.
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Old July 5, 2009, 02:54 PM
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Thx all and Thx cdn now I know I was not the only who wasn't knowing about dummy plug, I'm feeling less stupid:)
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Thx all and Thx cdn now I know I was not the only who wasn't knowing about dummy plug, I'm feeling less stupid:)
Maybe you could edit your original post to reflect your new found knowlegde?

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a little brained custumer
Also it is spelled 'customer'.
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Maybe you could edit your original post to reflect your new found knowlegde?

Also it is spelled 'customer'.

"Maybe" English is a second language to him.
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