Dell SE198WFP Problems

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Okay, So i ordered a cable to connect component cables to a vga interface, because i found out my monitor can accept the signals. In a bit of impatience, i cut another vga cable i had lying around and threw some other component-ins on the right wires and sure enough, it worked fine! Until today. Now, when i use them to play my ps2 on my monitor, There's a REEEALLY bad green tint to whites and a tiny bit of a red tint too, but it's not as noticeable or as much of a problem as the green tint. Could it be because i didn't solder the vga and component ins together? I just kind of tied them together with the intent of getting the cable i ordered on amazon in the mail soon, but it seems it's gonna be awhile getting here. Any ideas/help? I just wanted a short term solution while i waited but now it seems i've just gonna have to wait anyways. Thanks in advance! I've played with the settings on the monitor but i can't get them to equal out without something else looking bad or messed up.
 
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All splices must be soldered in order to maintain a good connection. Or else the wires will oxidize and the connection will fail.

Wait for the right cable, and don't adjust the RGB colors on the monitor to compensate for the defects in the cable.
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All splices must be soldered in order to maintain a good connection. Or else the wires will oxidize and the connection will fail.

Wait for the right cable, and don't adjust the RGB colors on the monitor to compensate for the defects in the cable.
 
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I figured that'd be the answer i get, Thanks for the information! Thank you!
 
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Thank you! I knew that you knew this very well. And regarding soldering, tin the ends separately first before you join them together and solder the joint. This way you avoid cold soldered joints.
 
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I just started soldering so any other tips would be cool! My first project was fixing an original NDS Phat by soldering a usb end onto the charger contacts and its been running fine ever since. I also soldered a new end onto my USB controller adapter, but i had to do wire-to-wire soldering and even i'll admit that it was a really bad job. I honestly hadn't thought of soldering the wire ends first before soldering them together...I have so much to learn but i enjoy it, so i don't mind.
 
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Yeah, now i see why you mentioned. It amazes me how he just kind of...slides the tip down the solder and bam, it's done. My iron is apparently crap, I guess i should look into a better one and start practicing with it more often. It seems like it literally takes forever for mine to heat up, much less solder anything decently.
 
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30 watts is definitely low - mine is 35 watts (from Menard's) and I find that marginal. That's why I feel that 40 to 50 watts would be fine, with 40 watts being great. Higher powered irons will flash off the rosin core in a hurry; unless you are very fast and accurate in soldering.
 
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I was lucky to do as good a job on the DS project i did, and even then i don't know how i managed to make it not suck.
 
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