For quickly testing something: fuck screws.
For long-term use: both a tight as I can so I barely can unscrew them later because why not.
Long term use, at least one
Temporary, fuck the screws all together
And it was always temporary!
I’ve had less fall out than I had cases where the screw stuck in the socket and it started unscrewing out of the motherboard that I just gave up on them altogether
Both. Lose cables are annoying.
Just one on each end.
I loathe when the stand offs come out with the vga cable!!!
Serial cables. How quaint.
Video graphics array connector and DB-9 connectors are not the same.
I plugged one in today. I left the screws loose. Ironically I moved it between two computers that couldn’t originally do VGA.
I re-organised my leisure desk. My C64 sometimes hooks up to a TFT thanks to my turbo chameleon 64 cartridge.
Today I hooked my C64 up to my CRT instead. I needed that TFT for my Amiga 1200 which has DVI-I out thanks to my indivision flickerfixer. But I have a DVI->VGA adapter to use that same cable.
One if somewhat temporary.
Both if I want 1-2% increase in performance.
That one standoff got loose 12 years ago, so none.
Otherwise, it’s all HDMI and DP.VGA cables? You mean grappling hooks?
The real answer is the top one fell out a long time ago.
Both every time but I also haven’t used a VGA cable in at least 15 years.
Lucky you lmao
I still see them once every so often
In fact, I went onsite to a customer who wanted a new PC set up because the old one “wouldn’t boot”. Sure enough the cable was sticking out of the monitor at about a 15deg angle. I pushed the VGA cable in a bit extra hard and it came right back.
I was out of there in about 30min.
Ever think you got it unscrewed and accidentally yank the standoff from the PCB?
I work in tech support. I haven’t done this, but a user I’ve worked with absolutely has. I have a photo around here somewhere, if I recall correctly he actually ripped the wires out of the cable lmao!
Edit: the picture. Guess it wasn’t wires out of the cable hah.
How in the fuck?
Like pulling a tooth.
the one that still works
Yeah, there was always one broken on these fuckers
Lightly screw in one
And then replace my old shit and not touch anything but HDMI or DP for the last ten years.
