AT --> ATX question: Can I still use my 14" B&W monitor?

[Muse]

I still have my first monitor, a 14" B&W and the image is surprisingly good. I long ago got a high quality 17" color display, but the 14" comes in handy at times. I've recently rebuilt my old AT system as a 2nd system but it has serious problems and I'm thinking to build a budget ATX with some of the components out of my old AT. The power supply on my ATX system doesn't have one of those male plugs for a monitor, so I assume that any ATX case I get with be like that. What are my options? Can I get an adapter of some sort or a unit I can plug into an outlet that I can plug the monitor into? Wire my own solution? I'm sure there are workarounds. Does anyone have familiarity with this problem? Thanks...

 

[Workin']

You can get an adapter for a few dollars from Cyberguys

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Workin'
You can get an adapter for a few dollars from Cyberguys

Poked around for 10 minutes and couldn't find it.

 

[Workin']

Search for item 131 0430 (can't provide a link because of the way their site is laid out).

Does the end of that cord look like the end of your monitor power cable? If it does, then you don't even need an adapter, a regular DIN-style power cord *should* plug right into that and then into the wall outlet.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Workin'
Search for item 131 0430 (can't provide a link because of the way their site is laid out).

Does the end of that cord look like the end of your monitor power cable? If it does, then you don't even need an adapter, a regular DIN-style power cord *should* plug right into that and then into the wall outlet.

That thing whose item number you provided would work of both ends were opposite sex to the ones they are! I looked and now realize that I don't need anything. What I need is another cord like the one that plugs the AT power supply into a power strip and I have an extra. I can plug my B&W monitor into the female end of that and the opposite end into a power strip. The whole two-piece connection will be around 12' long but it works. End of problem.

 

[Peter]

Yes exactly, get another standard power cord and your old monitor is back in business.

 

[Workin']

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Workin'
Search for item 131 0430 (can't provide a link because of the way their site is laid out).

Does the end of that cord look like the end of your monitor power cable? If it does, then you don't even need an adapter, a regular DIN-style power cord *should* plug right into that and then into the wall outlet.

That thing whose item number you provided would work of both ends were opposite sex to the ones they are! I looked and now realize that I don't need anything. What I need is another cord like the one that plugs the AT power supply into a power strip and I have an extra. I can plug my B&W monitor into the female end of that and the opposite end into a power strip. The whole two-piece connection will be around 12' long but it works. End of problem.

That's what I said - I just told you to look at that cable at Cyberguys to be sure YOUR cable had that end.

 

[Muse]

[/quote]That's what I said - I just told you to look at that cable at Cyberguys to be sure YOUR cable had that end.[/quote]Thanks, and thanks for that MP3 FAQ. I'm doing very nicely with LAME 3.92 these days. A couple of months ago I barely knew what an MP3 was. Today, I'm making my own from streams and CDs, tweaking them, tagging them, chopping them up, changing the gain, etc and I have a SlimX MP3 player and take CDRW's with directory structures full of MP3s with me as I please, etc.