<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 21, 2007 6:04 AM, Brion Swanson <<a href="mailto:brions@usalug.net">brions@usalug.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 09:58 +0000, David Watkins wrote:<br>> On 21/12/2007, Terry Hull <<a href="mailto:tah@nrg-inc.com">tah@nrg-inc.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I have a 5200 and do not have the manual for it. How can I tell if it has
<br>> > component output, and is there a company that sells the breakout cable for<br>> > the NVidia cards?<br>> ><br>><br>> Well the connectors on the back of the card would be a clue.<br>><br>
> Does it have three phono type sockets, ie the separate RGB video components?<br>><br>> Otherwise if it has a DVI connector then I think you can get DVI to<br>> component adaptors.<br>><br>> Maybe the nvidia-settings programme would give a clue as to what's on the card.
<br><br></div>Most video cards do not have the 3 component video plugs, instead they<br>have something that looks like an SVideo plug except it has six pins and<br>what plugs into that is a dongle of some sort (either a breakout into 4
<br>cables - 3 component and 1 SVideo or a block with 3 component, 1 SVideo,<br>and 1 composite). In any case, you'll likely need the dongle that came<br>with the card as dongles for other cards are not necessarily<br>
interchangeable.<br><br>If you don't have a dongle or the port only has 4 pins, then you just<br>have SVideo out.<br><br>You can still buy DVI->Component adapters but it would be best if you<br>can find the original dongle (if the card had one).
<br><font color="#888888"><br>Brion<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>_______________________________________________<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I dont believe any 5200s support component out. Its only on the 6000's. before you buy a transcoder you may be able to snag a 6200 for $30 bucks. watch ebay and newegg. It
<br><br>Mitchell<br></div></div><br>