Gamecube VGA Cable

[liquitt]

Since this popped up in another thread.
There's the (even rarer) VGA cable....BUT there are handmade ones - did anybody ever try one of these?
Since they only cost a third of the original one it MIGHT be nice to get one of these...

[Ashen]

Tchay has done the vga mod I believe, you need a component cable to do it though. Here is some info on it:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis- ... crgb_e.htm

[KirovAir]

Tchay has done the vga mod I believe, you need a component cable to do it though. Here is some info on it:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis- ... crgb_e.htm

Disassembling a component cable. That's some expensive modding nowadays.
Good tutorial though. But my heart just dropped when I saw that cable disassembled.

[kevstah2004]

Makes me wonder if the official RGB-Scart cable is really RGB and not just Composite it's not fully wired with all 21 pins afterall. I do see a slight improvement over the standard included composite cable but it's not as dramatic as the change from composite to rgb-scart on the ps2, my ps2 cable is fully wired.
For instance re0 looks more less the same on both cables.

[ct_the_1]

Would be stupid to wire all 21 pins though, cause all pins are only needed, if you want the cable to be bi-directional and supporting s-video. There is no S-Video on PAL gamecubes and no video input, too.

additional info: http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/ ... m#gamecube

[kevstah2004]

I'm PAL, I'll try making that mod see if it's any better than the official cable, it just doesn't seem quite right imo, it has pins 1,2,3,4 - 7,8,9,10,11,12 at the GC end where as this mod has pin 6 connected. What port is the modded cable for?

[ct_the_1]

Which mod do you mean?
If you got a rgb cable where pins 7, 11 and 15 are wired (scart side) and your tv is supporting rgb, there is no need for a mod.
If the tv does not support rgb, there is composite video signal at pin 18 and 20 (scart side).

EDIT: Ahh, my fault. Should consider taking a nap, can't read properly anymore nevermind.

[kevstah2004]

Same here zzzz nearly.
The PAL GC RGB-Scart mod vs Official GC RGB-Scart cable DOL-013(Eur).
If anything the official one, it's got too many wires connected since s-video and composite should be missing from it, tv fully supports rgb-scart.
Looks like this at the scart end.

I should only need on the GC end

1 red video (PAL only),
2 green video (PAL only),
4 blue video (PAL only),

10 +5V DC,
3 +12V DC,
6 ground,

11 audio left,
12 audio right.

[kevstah2004]

My third party ps2 one is different to one on that mod page too, it uses three 100uF 10v capacitors instead with a 15 ohm resistor.

[liquitt]

well, there has to be another way to make a vga cable ... otherwise: how can they offer selfmade vga cables for 35$, if they're made from at least 50$ component cables Oo