Thankfully I have another 37 in my trusty cable box
Because you know the day after you get rid of them you’ll need one
52*
They reproduced with each other
Never know when you’re going to need 165 VGA cables.
With enough patience this can be fixed. But it is a pain in the ass.
it’s a pain in the ass
I’d recommend using tweezers next time. Sphincters weren’t designed for pin straightening.
Tweezers and a steady hand would get those pins back into some kind of alignment. Until the cable or monitor can be replaced anyway.
Source: Have had to perform pin-straightening at least once.
I mean I did too but like – not often. Not nearly enough for it to be a worry. It was almost always because I was careless with a cable. In fact, I have far more problems with cables now that everything is microscopic and susceptible to dirt and wear. Those old copper pins and double insulated cables always were rock solid for me.
I have to admit i’m not the gentlest when it comes to cable insertions, but what in the fuck happened here?
If I had to guess, I’d say school. Kids will absolutely destroy computers if you give them a chance to.
VGA is child’s play compared to CPUs in the days before zero insertion force sockets.
I wish I still had my pry tool around to show the kids how it used to be.
Reminds me that back in the day I used to have to deal with pin straighteners at work frequently. I haven’t touched one in decades.
VGA, serial, CPUs and SCSI. I remember discovering that the tip part from a mechanical pencil worked great to fix them.
Oh, I did that! I had forgotten it.
You can’t be serial.
Nice VGA right there, it’s not Serial enough to care about it tho.
Why so serial?
VGAint
Oh god… flashbacks…
Oh yeah a Visibly Gobbled Arrangement connector.
Put it up to your mouth and blow the dust out like a harmonica. That always does the trick.
Time for some ducttape
Reminds me of a guy who managed to stick a DB23 plug into a DB25 socket.
VGAin’t
