Xerox XA7-19i

[funsocks]

I've been repairing my Xerox monitor, which had a cut in the cable right next to the VGA adapter (the bit that goes into your graphics card), if this were any other monitor i could've just replaced the cable, but oh no! Xerox decide to hard-wire the other end of the cable into the motherboard. So i'm looking to buy a cable which on one end is the usual adapter to plug into my Graphics card but on the other end i need it to be able to plug into my monitors motherboard.

On the existing cable it has written "AWM E101344 VW-1 80oc DIGITAL/ANALOG SPACE SHUTTLE-D"

Any help will be much appreciated

 

[MauveCloud]

I'm a little confused - if it's "hard-wired" into the motherboard, there wouldn't be anything to "plug into" the monitor board; you'd just need to cut off a normal VGA cable and solder the wires to the monitor board (or you might be able to connect them to the good part of the existing cable by soldering or wire nuts). If it's got a plug at the board end, could you provide a photo? I might be able to identify the connector, which would allow me to search for a replacement cable.

 

[funsocks]

its not hard wired, sorry its a motherboard connector, a 30 pin connector that goes into a socket on the motherboard - getting a photo now

 

[funsocks]

I'm a little confused - if it's "hard-wired" into the motherboard, there wouldn't be anything to "plug into" the monitor board; you'd just need to cut off a normal VGA cable and solder the wires to the monitor board (or you might be able to connect them to the good part of the existing cable by soldering or wire nuts). If it's got a plug at the board end, could you provide a photo? I might be able to identify the connector, which would allow me to search for a replacement cable.

Photo is: http://imgur.com/JNo5z

 

[MauveCloud]

I'd describe that as a keyed 2x14 IDC plug, but I don't find a matching replacement cable available to buy online. I suggest you either try to repair the cable yourself or buy a new monitor.

 

[funsocks]

I don't know if i can repair it as the break in the cable is about 1cm from the adapter

 

[MauveCloud]

If the cable has any color coding of the wires within, you should be able to graft part of a new vga cable to the good part of the old cable, though you'll probably need to open up both vga connectors to make sure you match the pin mappings. That would be rather difficult as well, but if you're on a tight budget, the vga cable could be cheaper than a new monitor (however, if you don't have any of the appropriate tools either, it might not be)

 

[funsocks]

To my next question: How do you open up the connectors? been wondering this a while.

 

[MauveCloud]

There I can't help you. It's been over 10 years since I tried to do anything similar, and I think that was with a 9-pin serial connector, and I think it screwed together. Looking at some cables I have now, I don't see a simple way to open them without breaking them. Maybe somebody else here knows.

 

[funsocks]

Thanks for the help anyway. Its a 7 year old monitor and it was my second monitor anyway so im not bothered to much. i just wanted the challenge of trying to fix it 😀