Hello havent posted here in awhile but i need some help, so you guys are going to help me hopefully

I bought dvi to female component cables and they are not working  EDIT: its a vga to female component

very simliar to these http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-GOLD-6ft-COMPONENT-Video-3-RCA-female-DVI-xbox-/360090814426?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item53d715c7da

I cant get my snes or 64 to work on my monitor.

anyone have any ideas, and i dont want to run roms or anything.

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Your monitor is probably DVI D

Male DVI connector pins (view of plug)

Male M1-DA connector pins (view of plug)

Color coded female DVI connector with pin descriptions (Click image to see descriptions)

Which doesn't support analog signals.. which DVI I does...

find a vga box to hook up your snes/n64..

i bought a usb adaptar which converted the analog signal so you could play the game over vlc player or something that is like that. costs like 10 bucks about a year or two ago

NiKKoM said: Your monitor is probably DVI D Male DVI connector pins (view of plug) Male M1-DA connector pins (view of plug) Color coded female DVI connector with pin descriptions (Click image to see descriptions) Which doesn't support analog signals.. which DVI I does... find a vga box to hook up your snes/n64..

I edited my post....its actually a vga to component cable?

its a vga to componet cable, so if that isnt working can someone post a link to ebay for something that would work

You need a composite to VGA adapter most likely. Google that...

The one you listed is component which is no good for snes and n64

I'm going to ask some hopefully dumb questions, but they are honest mistakes that most people would make.

I'm assuming since you bought a VGA cable that you are plugging it into a monitor that takes VGA. In other words you aren't plugging this cable into a DVI adapter are you?

Are you actually using component (red/green/blue for video, red/white for audio) cables? The SNES and N64 originally came with Composite (yellow for video, red/white for audio).

Assuming that you are indeed using component and you are indeed plugging into your monitor via VGA, does your monitor support 480i? If it doesn't, then you might need an upscaller.

the SNES and N64 did support component, they just didn't ship with it. The cable was pretty much only available from Nintendo for like $40.

ok i am using a vga to composite..just the three yellow red white...sorry and i am not plugging them into any box....can you please tell me exactly what i need.

some ebay links would be awsome

The only component cable I can remember which may work with snes and n64 is the gamecube component cable...they all have the same plug afterall.

I think we need to establish wich connection the OP has for his systems...