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How to make a Dummy VGA Dongle

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!!!
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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.
 
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
 
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.
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Ima check mah amperage. BRB.
 
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
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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?
 
Solaris17 said:
ya but why be normal when you could be excentric? total 1337'ness
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because heatshrink is removable, and coating an led in hot glue is a sure way to dim it to near nothing...
 
PVTCaboose1337 said:
Fuck you. LOL. I hate HS.

Anyway, the amperage was .351 amps.
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plenty of current for even ultra-brites. the most current i have ever seen an led pull was 150mA(.15A).
 
Random Murderer said:
because heatshrink is removable, and coating an led in hot glue is a sure way to dim it to near nothing...
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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
 
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.
 
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.
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-_-

a gtx295 puts out the same current and voltage as a freaking radeon 7000. vga is an industry standard.
 
Random Murderer said:
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a gtx295 puts out the same current and voltage as a freaking radeon 7000. vga is an industry standard.
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shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not about how awsome your radeon 7000 is this is a serious thread for serious buisiness.
 
My fan runs off the VGA just fine! Now I have a fan running, an LED, and I wonder what next...

Hmmm...
 
Solaris17 said:
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not about how awsome your radeon 7000 is this is a serious thread for serious buisiness.
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SeriousCat.jpg
 
Solaris17 said:
i havent met a lady yet that doesnt like shiny objects.
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i hear that. anything that sparkles, shimmers or glows has them absolutely bedazzled.
 
wolf said:
i hear that. anything that sparkles, shimmers or glows has them absolutely bedazzled.
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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.
 
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.
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i usually just use candy.
 
Lets keep this as a help topic, as it is this thread is about to be moved to GN!
 
ya good call success stories, help, project pics or questions about the topic only.
 
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).
 
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:)
 
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:)
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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.
 
Do you have to leave it in after you start up F@H?
 
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