Tore apart 3 VGA cables for arcade monitor, none r the same, WHY?

[vetteguy112233]

I'm trying to make a cable that I can connect my arcade monitor to my ArcadeVGA card with, but the 3 cables I've torn apart are all different. None have the RGB, Groud and V/H sync on pins 1,2,3, 5, 13 and 14. See the pic that I've attached. Are newer monitor cables different? I know the newer stuff is SVGA, but I thought they were all the same. Should a standard monitor cable match the 15 pin diagram attached?

[NickG]

Yes.  They all should.  It is a standard, otherwise the VGA port that you plug them into would not work correctly.  otherwise the three you have torn apart would have never worked with a PC's VGA output.

[Ummon]

Yes.  They all should.  It is a standard, otherwise the VGA port that you plug them into would not work correctly.  otherwise the three you have torn apart would have never worked with a PC's VGA output.

....meaning, if you (vette) are telling them apart by wire color, don't. They worked, so you can safely assume the pinout is correct, and hook up accordingly.

[G1zm0]

ive just made a mame scart, i used a vga extention lead, i metered all pins on plug to the ones i stripped off .
i marked them down and chopped ones of i didnt need then wired them to scart.

if your stuck then go to local  electronics store and buy a vga socket and housing and wire fresh wires to that.

the diagram is available on this great site.

now to try it out on my avga

[u_rebelscum]

The only change in VGA cables is the "unused" pins are used to identify the monitor to the computer.  (Explanation of differences)

Everything else is the same, which means the RGB, H & V-sync and gnd are the same as the diagram. 

Question: how can you tell the pin out on the cable have changed?  All the cables do is connect pin 1 on one side to pin 1 on the other, pin 2 to pin 2, etc.  Are you using non-VGA cables that aren't straight through cables?