Maybe somewhere in the chain, the 5V from pin 9 is being converted to 5V shared across power and the video signal. So even if this chain worked in carrying a video signal it could be very weak or distorted.
Purely a guess though.
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brown567@sh.itjust.works 19 hours agoPin #9 of the VGA spec is 5v, though it seems unusual that a monitor would provide power on that pin
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Thank you, I call bullshit.