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Smackre · 05-31-2007, 11:53 AM

I am looking for a way to put a VGA cable in a peice of 3/4" pipe. The wire on the VGA cable fits fine but the ends are to big. And I dont really want to cut the end off and redo all those connections.

So I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas on how to do this. Or know of a slimer VGA cable?

vanblah · 05-31-2007, 12:03 PM

I don't think you're going to find a vga cable that will fit. I have some pretty small vga connectors, but none of them will go in a 3/4" pipe.

It's not terribly difficult to wire your own vga cable. You can get the schematics online ... you can also get the connectors.

You could also cut the pipe lengthwise and stretch it open enough to put the cable in; then seal it back up.

cyrnel · 05-31-2007, 01:17 PM

Ethernet (or wireless) and VNC?

How long a run is this going to be, and how long is the pipe?

If you have to go the VGA route, it's easier to make an interference-resistant junction in the middle; split an existing cable instead of putting on a new end.

Dilbert1234567 · 05-31-2007, 04:55 PM

you can put VGA over cat5 with some adapters.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...highlight=cat5

Smackre · 05-31-2007, 06:23 PM

its only about a 10' run. I will probly go that route dilbert.

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Smackre Addict	Slim VGA I am looking for a way to put a VGA cable in a peice of 3/4" pipe. The wire on the VGA cable fits fine but the ends are to big. And I dont really want to cut the end off and redo all those connections. So I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas on how to do this. Or know of a slimer VGA cable? __________________ Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

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cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Ethernet (or wireless) and VNC? How long a run is this going to be, and how long is the pipe? If you have to go the VGA route, it's easier to make an interference-resistant junction in the middle; split an existing cable instead of putting on a new end. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

05-31-2007, 04:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	you can put VGA over cat5 with some adapters. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...highlight=cat5 __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen Last edited by Dilbert1234567; 05-31-2007 at 05:06 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

05-31-2007, 06:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Smackre Addict	its only about a 10' run. I will probly go that route dilbert. __________________ Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

05-31-2007, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	I don't think you're going to find a vga cable that will fit. I have some pretty small vga connectors, but none of them will go in a 3/4" pipe. It's not terribly difficult to wire your own vga cable. You can get the schematics online ... you can also get the connectors. You could also cut the pipe lengthwise and stretch it open enough to put the cable in; then seal it back up.