Mashed CRT monitor cable- I have leftover wires.??

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I have a Dell monitor with destroyed pins. I cut a cable fro
another monitor, same size screen, 17 in.

All the wires have matching colors/sizes on both ends except these

1- from the monitor there is one smaller size dark brown wir

2- from the plug there are two wires, a smaller one, color purple,
and a heavier wire, color gray

Do I need these

Will I burn my house down if I don't hook these to something

If all is OK, do I just use regular solder on these? The job won'
be neat but, oh, well. I just want to see what is on my PC again

Gramma thanks you all
 
usuallyclueless said:
I have a Dell monitor with destroyed pins. I cut a cable from
another monitor, same size screen, 17 in.

All the wires have matching colors/sizes on both ends except these:

1- from the monitor there is one smaller size dark brown wire

2- from the plug there are two wires, a smaller one, color purple,
and a heavier wire, color gray.

Do I need these?

Will I burn my house down if I don't hook these to something?

If all is OK, do I just use regular solder on these? The job won't
be neat but, oh, well. I just want to see what is on my PC again!

Gramma thanks you all!
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There are no standards for the video wiring, however,
you can go here and get the manual for your Dell monitor.
http://support.dell.com/support/sys....aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~cat=3&~subcat=50
There will be a table of pin assignments for it. Then inspect your
mashed connector and get the wire color/pin assignments. Then solder
onto the new connector. Splicing the two cables together
is not recommended as it probably will deteriorate the video signals.
 
Thanks for the information, otop.
This sounds like a project! All to keep more stuff out of th
landfills
 
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