First post, by xjas
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I have this 4-port VGA splitter (duplicator) which I may have found in the bin. 😜 I'd love to have this working for a bunch of different uses.
When I try to use it, even just on a single monitor connected to any of the four outputs, the monitor picks up the sync signals & interprets the resolution fine, but no picture (RGB) data gets through. I just get a black screen.
This is true for DOS/BIOS/text mode as well as Windows/Linux. If I try to set too high a resolution for the monitor I'm using I even get an "out of range" error, like I should.
I opened it up hoping to find some dead caps or something inside but it looks pristine:
Seems to be just a fairly simple analog circuit, no real ICs or anything.
What could go wrong with this thing? Where do I even start diagnosing it, anyone have any ideas?
(I tested the input & output VGA cables I'm using separately and they're all fine.)
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