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>Iva Lindsay (cu726@torfree.net) wrote:
>: My computer was moved from one table to another - when it was 
>: reconnected, I no longer had any colour.
>: I checked the pins on the cable (permanent one from the monitor to the 
>: CPU) and it looks like 2 were bent over - I tried to straighten them and 
>: one totally broke off and the other is still slightly bent.  I plugged 
>: it in again and another one bent.
>: I now have some colour (shades of blue, off yellows etc.).
>: Do I have to repleace the monitor cable?

>	no.
	
>	you have to replace your preconception of what is acceptable colour.

That is weird thinking. Why put up with partial service from an easily
repairable device? The cost of repair is less than the loss in value
of the monitor, due to such a limitation, amortized over its remaining
service life.

>	it is somewhat tiresome to listen to you demand the resources of 
>others to explain you can simply replace a cable connector.  and there 
>are better forums to discuss these matters.

Acceptable color on a VGA monitor means correct functioning of the R,
G, and B signals.

Obviously, if one pin is broken on a cable, but fixing other bent pins
brings back partial color, the cable is at fault.

Now, one could replace the connector on one end of the cable. To do
this, one would need to have a continuity tester or ohmmeter, so that
one knows which wire is which. And one needs to use a soldering iron.
Not everyone is perhaps ready to attempt such a repair; obviously, the
only remaining alternative is to buy a new cable. But if the cable is
"permanent" - that is, it comes out from the monitor without a
connector at that end, then soldering is a better idea.

Now, the connector at the computer end on the cable: is it molded in
one piece? If so, one will have to cut it off leaving some length of
cable on the connector, so one can use an ohmmeter to find out which
color of wire goes to which pin. If you lose that information then you
have no way to attach a new connector.

John Savard