Quad+Geforce 7800 GT, can't connect 2 VGA monitors

DVI connectors, on the card, are too close to fit two DVI to VGA adaptor cables.
Apple supplies a DVI extender that is a little thinner but the female do not match the DVI to VGA plug.
On the male DVI to VGA adapter there are 4 pins more not present in the DVI adapter, so that connection it's not allowed. What's goin on?
Apple tech help. How can we connect 2 VGA monitors?
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Eraldo - I had the same problem as you. Apple even sent me a new DVI-DVI extender cable but that one also had the small slotted pin receptacle that was too small for any of my DVI-VGA adapters. We finally found one that the extender DID fit, and that was the DVI connector that connects to my main display, a 20" Cinema. So the solution was to use the extender cable on my Cinema cable (on port 1) and use the other DVI-VGA or whatever connectors on port #2, straight into the Mac without the extension.

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