I am completely stumped as to what do to, none of the vga cables I have work, see the image here - Imgur: The magic of the Internet
its a GIGABYTE GA-EP41-US3L Motherboard, would a USB to Serial Adapter allow it to connect to my monitor?Here's your blue one: https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Adapter-Prolific-Chipset-Windows/dp/B0753HBT12/ref=asc_df_B0753HBT12/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242045434535&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3482917385922618427&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9052267&hvtargid=pla-397003917010&psc=1
Can't find the right printer cable converter at the moment.
No. This wouldn't work in any case, but there's simply no graphics support on this motherboard outside of the PCI-Express slot. You need a proper GPU in there. It would be like trying to find the right cable to start a car that doesn't have an engine.its a GIGABYTE GA-EP41-US3L Motherboard, would a USB to Serial Adapter allow it to connect to my monitor?
which graphics card would be ideal?As stated above, the motherboard has no built-in graphics output of any kind and you cannot get any graphics here without a graphics card which needs to be installed in the PCI-e slot. The graphics card will have display outputs which can then either be used directly or with a converter to VGA, depending on the exact model you get.
Correction. Not only matrix printers, but basically all printers, including good laser ones, till mid-90ies had LPT portsYup, that's a very old DB-25 port. If you're trying to hook up a dreadful old dot matrix printer, you're in luck. Anything else, not so much. USB quickly killed this off in the late 90s.
In fairness, it's been a while and I'm suffering from middle-aged senility!OP, GIGABYTE GA-EP41-US3L motherboard does not have built-in video output. It require separate GPU card.
Correction. Not only matrix printers, but basically all printers, including good laser ones, till mid-90ies had LPT portsThen USB as superior solution kicked out LPT in next few years, yes. Good riddance BTW.
My mutual understanding hereIn fairness, it's been a while and I'm suffering from middle-aged senility!