neokun Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 hay guys, so i have plans to turn an old CRT computer monitor into an oscilloscope, but the monitor goes on standby when ever it doesn't receive a signal through its VGA port. does any one know if theirs a way to disable this feature or trick the monitor into thinking its receiving a signal? By the way i need the monitor to stay on and send an electron beam so i can make it sweep and scan. BRAND: Envision MODEL #: EN-710e DESCRIPTION: White case, color monitor, VGA input, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 hay guys, so i have plans to turn an old CRT computer monitor into an oscilloscope, but the monitor goes on standby when ever it doesn't receive a signal through its VGA port. does any one know if theirs a way to disable this feature or trick the monitor into thinking its receiving a signal? By the way i need the monitor to stay on and send an electron beam so i can make it sweep and scan. BRAND: Envision MODEL #: EN-710e DESCRIPTION: White case, color monitor, VGA input, My best guess is that the monitor looks for a return signal on the grounds which is how it determines if it is connected to a device. Unfortunately VGA has 5 grounds (or return signals). http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml. Try jumping the rounds with it's equivilent signal input and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neokun Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 thx for the reply i tried all the pin jumps but to no avail. any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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