Connecting a Creator 3D to a DVI-D Monitor

Hello,
I'm really struggling with this one. I've got an Ultra 10 with a Creator 3D card. This normally has a 13w13 cable to DVI-I connector which I can successfully connect to an older SUN 19" LCD monitor. My problem is that I'm in Asia at the moment and have brought along my Ultra 10 (and video cable) but decided to purchase a new SUN 17" LCD monitor and it only accepts DVI-D or VGA inputs.
Will a DVI-I to VGA adaptor work on this? I've tried connecting the VGA cable from the system board to the monitor but I keep getting a "no signal found" on the monitor. How about a DVI-I to DVI-D adaptor?
I'm getting desperate with this since I can't seem to find (and thus test) a DVI-I (female) to VGA (male) connector.
Really appreciate any feedback on this one.
Thanks everyone.

Hello,
I don't know if adding the DVI-I to VGA adaptor works.
Currently the Creator3D is the default display.
There are two choices:
1. When you remove the Creator3D, the internal video becomes the default display device (and the VGA output becomes operational).
Boot into single-user mode with the reconfiguration option (boot -rs) and use m64config to adjust the display mode.
2. If you have a serial console cable (null-modem) you can switch the default display to the internal circuity without removing the Creator3D. When you dettach the keyboard the serial console port becomes the default input-/output-device.
Get to the ok-prompt.
ok setenv auto-boot? false
ok show-displays
a) /SUNW,ffb@1e,0
b) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/SUNW,m64B@2
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: b
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/SUNW,m64B@2 has been selected.
Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line.
e.g. ok nvalias mydev ^Y
for creating devalias mydev for
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/SUNW,m64B@2
ok nvalias mydev /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/SUNW,m64B@2
ok setenv output-device mydev
ok reset-all
ok boot -rs
If no console cable is available, you can try to enter these commands without seeing them. Use reset-all to activate the settings. The utility to change the display mode requires a text console, you can't use a graphical session.
Michael

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