Problem hooking up GC to pc monitor

[t-dog]

hello,
i've tried to connect my ntsc gamecube to my pc monitor using various adapters; my gamecube component cable, an ati component female -> dvi male adapter(specifically designed for use with radeon pro 9600), a dvi female -> vga male adapter, and finally a vga female -> vga female adapter.
Unfortunatly, the final result was a picture that was very green-ish,as if all colours not specifically red or blue were green. Otherwise the picture was crystal sharp.
Anybody know what the source of the problem might be?

[gIzzE]

The fact you are trying to input component into RGB.

They 2 different formats.

Just buy a VGA cable or mod the component cable you have already.

[Saurian]

You wont be able to modify your component cable to output VGA, you need to get hold of the Gamecube D Terminal cable. The D Terminal has (as well as the R G and B lines) 3 extra wires which can be used as you like for the H and V sync. If you use a component cable for the mod you'll have to add an extra two wires somehow and that's long.

(and I aint doing them anymore cos Play Asia arent marking down my parcels and I get taxed to hell)

[t-dog]

cheers for the answers,

The dvi male -> component female gave a great progressive scan/ hdtv signal from my pc to my tv, so I can't understand why it won't work the other way round?
it's this one :
http://www.ati.com/products/hdtvadapter/
I thought the adapter did the conversion of the signal..?

Ah well, worth a try. :D

[gIzzE]

No the converter combines the sync signals onto the Y (green) and it tells the card to output YUV rather than RGB.
The cube needs a modified cable to output RGB.

[t-dog]

that could explain the green colour effect. :)
seems as i would have to take the plunge and buy one of them £50+ vga cables then.

cheers

[gIzzE]

Search back a couple of days on the classified section, there was one for sale.