How to make a Dummy VGA Dongle

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

PVTCaboose1337 said:
The two pins I plugged my LED into give off about 5 volts, more than enough to run the LED.

EDIT: DON'T make me break out my multimeter again!!!

bust it out again and measure the current. 5v is perfect for a 5v led(what else?) but you need to make sure the current is sufficient as well.

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 26, 2009

If you want to make sure they do not touch, once you get everything assembled and working, dip it in the rubber stuff or hold down the trigger of your hot glue gun submerging it, making sure nothing moves. Ever. Ever again.

http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 26, 2009

Random Murderer said:
bust it out again and measure the current. 5v is perfect for a 5v led(what else?) but you need to make sure the current is sufficient as well.

Ima check mah amperage. BRB.

Solaris17 · Feb 26, 2009

PVTCaboose1337 said:
If you want to make sure they do not touch, once you get everything assembled and working, dip it in the rubber stuff or hold down the trigger of your hot glue gun submerging it, making sure nothing moves. Ever. Ever again.

http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip

im all for hot glue if myouve seen some of my other mods. hot glue FTMFW

any way glad you guys like the guide if a mod loves me enough would it be out of place for the author to request a sticky?

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

PVTCaboose1337 said:
If you want to make sure they do not touch, once you get everything assembled and working, dip it in the rubber stuff or hold down the trigger of your hot glue gun submerging it, making sure nothing moves. Ever. Ever again.

http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip

or you could just heatshrink it like a normal person...

Solaris17 · Feb 26, 2009

Random Murderer said:
or you could just heatshrink it like a normal person...

ya but why be normal when you could be excentric? total 1337'ness

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 26, 2009

Random Murderer said:
or you could just heatshrink it like a normal person...

Fuck you. LOL. I hate HS.

Anyway, the amperage was .351 amps.

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

Solaris17 said:
ya but why be normal when you could be excentric? total 1337'ness

because heatshrink is removable, and coating an led in hot glue is a sure way to dim it to near nothing...

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

PVTCaboose1337 said:
Fuck you. LOL. I hate HS.

Anyway, the amperage was .351 amps.

plenty of current for even ultra-brites. the most current i have ever seen an led pull was 150mA(.15A).

Solaris17 · Feb 26, 2009

Random Murderer said:
because heatshrink is removable, and coating an led in hot glue is a sure way to dim it to near nothing...

well if your power level is beyond 9000 coming from someones uber 1337 GTX295 then you need to dim it before you get a sunburn or fire. duh

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 26, 2009

I think I am going to run a fan off the VGA in order not to waste power. At least the fan will do something... I think.

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

Solaris17 said:
well if your power level is beyond 9000 coming from someones uber 1337 GTX295 then you need to dim it before you get a sunburn or fire.

-_-

a gtx295 puts out the same current and voltage as a freaking radeon 7000. vga is an industry standard.

Solaris17 · Feb 26, 2009

Random Murderer said:
-_-

a gtx295 puts out the same current and voltage as a freaking radeon 7000. vga is an industry standard.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not about how awsome your radeon 7000 is this is a serious thread for serious buisiness.

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 26, 2009

My fan runs off the VGA just fine! Now I have a fan running, an LED, and I wonder what next...

Hmmm...

Random Murderer · Feb 26, 2009

Solaris17 said:
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not about how awsome your radeon 7000 is this is a serious thread for serious buisiness.

wolf · Feb 26, 2009

Solaris17 said:
i havent met a lady yet that doesnt like shiny objects.

i hear that. anything that sparkles, shimmers or glows has them absolutely bedazzled.

Solaris17 · Feb 26, 2009

PVTCaboose1337 said:
My fan runs off the VGA just fine! Now I have a fan running, an LED, and I wonder what next...

Hmmm...

lol dont blow the regs.

Solaris17 · Feb 27, 2009

wolf said:
i hear that. anything that sparkles, shimmers or glows has them absolutely bedazzled.

i once snake charmed a chick by wiggling glow sticks infront of them....thats hows i got them in my car. before they new it they were in the front seat and i shuit the door.

Random Murderer · Feb 27, 2009

Solaris17 said:
i once snake charmed a chick by wiggling glow sticks infront of them....thats hows i got them in my car. before they new it they were in the front seat and i shuit the door.

i usually just use candy.

sneekypeet · Feb 27, 2009

Lets keep this as a help topic, as it is this thread is about to be moved to GN!

Solaris17 · Feb 27, 2009

ya good call success stories, help, project pics or questions about the topic only.

EnglishLion · Feb 27, 2009

Just been looking into doing this myself too - but not for folding. Mine will be to convince a linux server that it has a monitor attached. It resorts to 640x480 if it boots without vga attached and so that's all I can access through my remote desktop. If I connect one of these then I can remote desktop at much higher resolution when I need to access the server over the network.

Your connecting 1-6, 2-7, 3-8 with your ~75ohm resistors. If you fancy LEDs too then pin 9 normally carries 5 volts, so you could run this through your chosen LED to grd (pin 5).

Deleted member 3 · Feb 27, 2009

Just connect a monitor once (or a second cable, ie dvi+vga) and extend the desktop to the new (non-existing) monitor. After that you can remove it and it will remain active. No modding required

EnglishLion · Feb 27, 2009

DanTheBanjoman said:
Just connect a monitor once (or a second cable, ie dvi+vga) and extend the desktop to the new (non-existing) monitor. After that you can remove it and it will remain active. No modding required

Assuming this is in reply to my post, I think either I described the situation badly or you haven't quite understood. Or maybe I haven't understood the reply!

It's a server based on an old P3 Dell with onboard graphics through a single VGA. My aim is to leave it running with just a power cord and network cable attached, no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor. I can access it via another computer on my network to do updates and change settings etc. However if the updates require a reboot, the vga driver recognises that no monitor is connected and it boots to low res with no options for changing res either. If the desktop is low res then so is the remote desktop.

If I boot with a monitor connected I can then disconnect and it's all fine but once I reboot it resorts back to 640x480.

binsky3333 · Mar 16, 2009

Do you have to leave it in after you start up F@H?

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