also, both stripped somehow?
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Retro problem? I used a DVI connector on my monitor until December last year.
I still do. If it works, it works. Until my video card self-immolates, I'll keep using it. Damn these modern infants and their cable endings! shakes fist at sky
>.>
Yep, you are retro
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Left side: Unscrews from the standoff. Right side: Unscrews the standoff from the IO plate.
Every time
Every. Fucking. Time.
Video card manufacturers, why u no threadlocker?
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Am I the only one that never tightened them?
Probably not, there are plenty of people in the world
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"That's when I realized the threads were stripped."
Why is it that it is always that side that is broken and loose?
This happens because the connector is at an angle. Since it's at an angle, the screw presses against the side and jams itself in place. All you have to do is tilt the connector the other direction and the tight screw loosens right up. Easy peasy.
This would have been really good for me to know about 20 years ago.
And when pulling it out from the mess of cables
Or when your're trying to feed that fucker back through the passthrough on a desk.
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lol I came across a dvi cable plugged into a crappy old lcd the other day and this is exactly what happened
Holy Diver!