[xkameroso]

I have a question.. say on your monitor cable... one of the pin is broken off.. would that in any way have any kind of affect on the motherboard or the graphic card?

 

[Betamax]

Depends on the pin (see Diagram)

Pin #1:RED

Pin #2:GREEN

Pin #3:BLUE

Pin #4:Monitor ID Bit 2

Pin #5IGITAL GND

Pin #6:RED ANALOG GND

Pin #7:GREEN ANALOG GND

Pin #8:BLUE ANALOG GND

Pin #9:not used

Pin #10:SYNC RETURN (GND)

Pin #11:Monitor ID Bit 0

Pin #12:Monitor ID Bit 1

Pin #13:HORIZ Sync

Pin #14:VERT Sync

Pin #15:not used

 

[xkameroso]

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uh its the first or the last one in the middle row.. not sure which # that is.. and uh what diagram?

 

[Betamax]

9 and 15 are the outer pins on the smaller horizontal row. Ok so it was a list

 

[xkameroso]

ok thank you

 

[Adair]

Geez Betamax, you know a lot about hardware.
Lets just hope its not the IGITAL GND pin.