TITLE
    VGA Port: Pinout Description
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		30890
1/14/99
11/2/00
TOPIC

    This article provides descriptions of the signals present on the standard analog DB15 video connector, otherwise known as VGA.

    Note: The pinout descriptions in this article do not apply to the digital video connector.

DISCUSSION

    The analog video connector on many Apple computers is a standard DB15 (also called D-sub-15) connector, which is used with VGA, SVGA, or XGA monitors. Figure 1 shows the pin configuration and the table lists the signal pin assignments.



    Figure 1 VGA connector

    PIN
    SIGNAL NAME
    DESCRIPTION
    1
    RED
    		Red video signal
    2
    GREEN
    		Green video signal
    3
    BLUE
    		Blue video signal
    4
    MONID(0)
    		Monitor ID signal 0
    5
    GND DDC
    		Return
    6, 7, 8
    AGND_VID
    		Analog video ground
    9
    +5V_IO 5 V
    		Power for I/O device
    10
    GND
    		HSYNC and VSYNC ground
    11
    VGA_ID
    		VGA ID signal
    12
    MONID(2)
    		Monitor ID signal 2
    13
    HSYNC
    		Horizontal synchronization signal
    14
    VSYNC
    		Vertical synchronization signal
    15
    MONID(1)
    		Monitor ID signal 1


Document Information
Product Area: Computers
Category: Power Macintosh
Sub Category: Power Macintosh G3 - Blue and White
Keywords: kppc

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