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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: stellarola on December 13, 2004, 06:39:33 pm

Title: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: stellarola on December 13, 2004, 06:39:33 pm

Hey anyone know how to hack a vga cable? Im trying to figure out which color wire does what...


 ??? ??? ???


I have wires that range from.....

Brown, Yellow, Gray, Purple, Pink, White, Blue, Red, Green, Black, Orange, Black (with white line on it), Brown (with white line on it), very light Blue wire, and some exposed wire (I suppose its a ground wire??)

I suppose I want to find the R,G,B,Syncs, and ground...help me please!!

Title: Re: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: SirPeale on December 13, 2004, 07:07:18 pm

Get a multimeter.  Get the VGA pinout from Google.  Put one lead on a pin, the other on the wire end.  Note what wire does what, and label the wires.  Repeat until done.

Title: Re: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: Thenasty on December 13, 2004, 09:25:56 pm

there easy to make, but if your not up to it, I still have some for $6.00 shipped.

Here is a link for pin outs.

http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/pc_arc3.html

Title: Re: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: stellarola on December 13, 2004, 10:49:55 pm

Yea, I'll buy one, whats ur paypal! :D

Title: Re: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: Thenasty on December 14, 2004, 12:00:18 am

check PM

Title: Re: How do I make a hacked vga cable??
Post by: quarterback on December 14, 2004, 02:59:00 pm

Questions (since I don't totally understand this process):

- So this 'hacked vga cable' enables you to attach the VGA 15-pin output of your PC's video card directly to a monitor?

- The 15-pin connector is at one end, what kind of connectors are at the other? (the mameworld.net page says that you "wire the correct output from the VGA port to the correct pin on the JAMMA fingerboard", but I am under the imprssion that the hacked cable will connect right to the monitor)

- Does this then negate the need for an ArcadeVGA card?

- If I were to get a J-Pac, then I would not need a cable like this, correct?

- I've got a PCI ATI RageXL card.