Pretty sure the little slit was so that you could use a flathead screwdriver. Had to do that a couple times
Then one side of the driver notch shears off
those slots were near useless.
edit to say: one trick was to use the blank expansion slot plates to gently break the vice like grip the screw had in the hex stand-off. the metal used on the cheap “digit remover” cases was sometimes soft enough to loosen the thumb screws via the driver slot without the thumb screw breaking.
still nearly useless though.
We referred to those blank expansion slot metal pieces as “keys.” They were useful lockpicks.
… aaaaaand there goes the infinitesimally tiny nut inside the case
clatter click … oh no…
I learned not to do that with the system plugged in. Only lost one expansion slot somehow.
TIL!!
I mean, I could’ve been doing it wrong lol
Why is it that it is always that side that is broken and loose?
You have to tighten the loose one to loosen the tight one. My fingers hurt just looking at it
Amen to this…or just say fuck it and break out the screwdriver
You mean that thing I set down right there but has somehow transitioned into a different dimension?
You can only find a screwdriver by first releasing your intent to use it.
You also got ADHD?
Absolutely!!
you a director yet? that’s gandalf level wisdom
Usually VGA connector has slots for a screwdriver.
Kind of wish USB has securing screws sometimes …the amount of times I’ve accidentally caught a cable and yanked one out (oo-er)
Depends on the device I imagine. Way back in the olden days I remember pulling my NES along with a handful of games down from the tv stand because I caught a controller walking by. When Xbox introduced the break away cords it was a Godsend in our clumsy house.
Yeah, MagSafe was the best.
Best part is when this sucker unscrews from the port and comes off with the cable:
Ugh this stresses me out just thinking about it
also, both stripped somehow?
Retro problem? I used a DVI connector on my monitor until December last year.
Retro problem? All of our monitors at work use VGA… not to mention pretty much all servers
DVI-D is basically HDMI with a large connector, so nothing wrong with it
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it’s just thicc HDMI
Yep, you are retro
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
>.>
I never screw them in.
You like living in the danger zone don’t you?
The danger zone was screwing them in, there was always someone bright enough to tangle the cable with their legs.
The worst part was how they came out unharmed which couldn’t be said of the device’s conected by it.
From what? The cable falling out?
I seriously don’t know what’s the problem with it. Please explain.
Left side: Unscrews from the standoff. Right side: Unscrews the standoff from the IO plate.
Every time
Every fucking time. Why do I keep buying monitors with a VGA 🤣😭
But seriously, why would you buy a VGA monitor in 2024?
(Edit: typo)
Fighting games and the absolutely lowest possible video latency with the tech available. VGA puts you literally a frame or two ahead of the opponent. For players at their peak, this is a pretty big advantage.
Dont think the best vga monitors will beat current oleds in response times.
Using a gpu that still has vga will be a problem as well.
Apologies, I should have clarified. VGA plus CRT. I only ever used VGA with LED panels for a very short time, so I tend to conflate all the old tech as a package deal.
CRTs are highly desirable for retro gaming.
They’re just so cheap at goodwill :(
I got 4 1680x1050 monitors for 5€ each like 5 years ago and they’re still working perfectly fine
Cheap multi monitor setup gang here we go
I wonder if I can get an adapter to mount an old massive CRT to a monitor arm, and if any monitor arm has pistons that can support the thing in the first place.
Undermount and passive hydraulic arm will do the job, i think, as fellow crt enjoyer i approve of your idea, i have 32 inch crt tv stored, waiting for ps3 and Xbox 360 to be bought
Get some HDMI to VGA adapters, the kind that screw into the VGA port and then have an HDMI port. I have a bunch of old VGA monitors I use with Raspberry Pis and as test displays when working on PCs and never have to deal with the annoyances of VGA since they’re basically HDMI displays now.
I used to use locktite on my stand-offs.
Now there’s an idea.
Every. Fucking. Time.
Video card manufacturers, why u no threadlocker?
i swear every time you think you tighten one of these evenly, they just end up like this!
Don’t forget fucking bent pins… Urrggghhhhh
Can’t forget about leaving pins behind cause you pulled on an angle or worse, it was owned by a smoker and gunk built up on everything.
No worries, just eject the lead from a cheap Bic mechanical pencil, and use the tip to carefully bend 'em back into shape.
That’s brilliant! I just have a tiny pair of tweezers and needle-nose pliers.
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Excuse me, I have a 3070 feeding into one of these bad boys.
why??
Poverty homies rise up, also I won’t turn down a free tv. I upcycled a few for extra monitors.
That doesn’t explain why you feed it with a 3070
I used to have to, when the monitor does not have any modern ports, you have to get creative with adapters.
Source: Me with my own 1050ti stuck into an optiplex build and early 2000s monitor because I was broke
All 3 HDMI ports are broken. That’s why it was gotten rid of, so I chain adapters with cables I have. Works like a gem. All of my monitors are upcycled. There is so much e-waste because people don’t use adapters.
hearing this makes me want to visit my local e-waste facility
Asking friends and family for old tech is a gold mine too, especially if you can pop old hard drives in a case for them. Most people wont touch that stuff.
wow that’s one hell of a dumpster find! even with those ports dead, a 3070 is worth like what, half a kidney?
nice!
Haha, minor misunderstanding, though I did get a deal on the card, I mean the TV was the one with the broken parts.
That’s one advantage to living in the 21st century: computer “bone yards” and trash-picked parts are stupidly high quality “trash” compared to decades 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.
I do tech support in a school filled with old computers all connected with VGA. One day I’ll hang myself with one of those.
hey would you mind using an impact to screw one in… just to mess with someone
Pff. I’ll be fine. I have a Hercules graphics card.
See? No twisty things.
I can still play games, right?
With mangohud, just in case
yeah some games
I remember my friend had a computer with a Hercules card back then and he could play like 3 games on it. Everything else required EGA, CGA and later VGA (although I think he had replaced the computer by then).
