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Connect old video card (VGA and/or DVI) to composite TV?

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tk149

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I tried mounting an old 486 cpu fan on the Radeon 9800, but it rattled. Plus I still couldn't get the PC to work properly at 133 FSB. It only ran properly at 100. I'm guessing it's overheating?

Anyway, I ordered a new video card with s-video out. This new card is fanless so it'll be much quieter anyway.

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I'm rebuilding an old PC for my girl. The video card's (ATI AGP Radeon 9800) fan won't spin, and the card gets very hot, so I don't want to use it. I'm guessing that I'll have to replace it with another old AGP card that only has VGA and DVI.

She wants to stream Netflix to her TV (which only has composite video-in). She does no gaming that would demand much from a video card.

What can I use to connect the video card to the TV?
 
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Does the video card not have an S-video out? I looked up a 9800 Pro, and it showed an S-video out and included an S-video-male-to-composite-female adapter. That plus an RCA cable would be the easiest way to make the video connection. You could run the sound with a 3.5mm-male-to-2-RCA-male cable like this.

If you don't have any cables or adapters, then this cable should provide the connection for both audio and video from the computer.
 
kalrith said:
Does the video card not have an S-video out? I looked up a 9800 Pro, and it showed an S-video out and included an S-video-male-to-composite-female adapter. That plus an RCA cable would be the easiest way to make the video connection. You could run the sound with a 3.5mm-male-to-2-RCA-male cable like this.

If you don't have any cables or adapters, then this cable should provide the connection for both audio and video from the computer.
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Yes, the video card has an s-video out, but the fan is dead. I ripped off the old fan, and as a temporary solution, mounted an old 4-cm fan on the heatsink. It's much cooler now, but the system is unstable, and I don't know if it's the video card overheating or not.

If I can use this card, then I'll use the s-video to composite cable you linked (thanks!).
 
Update
I tried mounting an old 486 cpu fan on the Radeon 9800, but it rattled. Plus I still couldn't get the PC to work properly at 133 FSB. It only ran properly at 100. I'm guessing it's overheating?

Anyway, I ordered a new video card with s-video out. This new card is fanless so it'll be much quieter anyway.
 
If you had to you can combine the two pins of the svideo to make a composite signal. That is all svideo is, the splitting of the brightness (luma) from the color information.
Composite just lumps it all together.

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