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A retro problem (fedia.io)

submitted 4 months ago by Maven@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 183 points 4 months ago

And when pulling it out from the mess of cables

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Or when your're trying to feed that fucker back through the passthrough on a desk.

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 182 points 4 months ago

Left side: Unscrews from the standoff. Right side: Unscrews the standoff from the IO plate.

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 months ago

Every fucking time. Why do I keep buying monitors with a VGA 🤣😭

[-] alefunguju@lemmy.one 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But seriously, why would you buy a VGA monitor in 2024?

(Edit: typo)

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

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[-] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 123 points 4 months ago

You have to tighten the loose one to loosen the tight one. My fingers hurt just looking at it

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago

you a director yet? that's gandalf level wisdom

[-] Poop@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 months ago

Amen to this....or just say fuck it and break out the screwdriver

[-] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago

You mean that thing I set down right there but has somehow transitioned into a different dimension?

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 102 points 4 months ago

Best part is when this sucker unscrews from the port and comes off with the cable:

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 months ago

Ugh this stresses me out just thinking about it

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 70 points 4 months ago

The actual retro problem was when those tighty boys would start unscrewing the port instead of themselves

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 62 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure the little slit was so that you could use a flathead screwdriver. Had to do that a couple times

[-] downpunxx@fedia.io 59 points 4 months ago

......... aaaaaand there goes the infinitesimally tiny nut inside the case

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago

clatter click ... oh no....

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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 months ago

Then one side of the driver notch shears off

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

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[-] Mozingo@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 56 points 4 months ago

This would have been really good for me to know about 20 years ago.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 34 points 4 months ago

[-] UckyBon@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Holy Diver!

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 33 points 4 months ago

Retro problem? I used a DVI connector on my monitor until December last year.

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 months ago

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[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 months ago

Yep, you are retro

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Am I the only one that never tightened them?

[-] SuperApples@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

I tighten them and it saved my monitor! Robbers broke in to our house, stole a bunch of stuff. The computer monitor was still there, connected to the computer, dangling from the table.

How do I know they tried to steal it? Because they tried to cut through the cable with PAPER SCISSORS, because they didn't know how to unscrew the cables.

I feel sorry for the dumb robbers. I hope they didn't pawn it and are still enjoying playing Wii Fitness without the balance board, which they neglected to take with the console.

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[-] judooochp@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

GPIB users and instrumentation automating folks know the problem is very modern.

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[-] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago

also, both stripped somehow?

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 15 points 4 months ago

At least they had screws? I dont trust HDMI or even worse USB-C. Still using VGA monitors with adapters, never broke a single plug.

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

I sort of miss the screws too but it's so much better when a cable accidentally gets yanked and it just comes right out instead of transmitting the force into whatever it's attached to.

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[-] Votes@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago

Good news, USB-C has two formats with screws: 1 on either side like VGA or 1 on top. Though I've never seen them in real life.

[-] mihnt@lemy.lol 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Why are you using VGA when DVI-D exists? Or Displayport for that matter.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because VGA used to be a standard and all monitors I had lying around are VGA only

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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

All I can say is that we are fortunate that the overlap between "VGA ports everywhere" and "battery operated impact drivers" is almost zero on the timeline. Imagine trying to unscrew a VGA plug by hand that was tightened down to ugga-dugga-foot-pounds of torque. Of course that assumes that didn't shear the screws first.

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[-] mutter9355@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 months ago

I still have a DVI monitor connected to my main pc, so it's not that much of a retro problem for me

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

I like DVI. I prefer it most of the time.

I like the screw in connector because I don't have to worry about it falling out of the PC or monitor, and it is more robust, less likely to be pulled/bent/broken.

Unfortunately, even monitor vendors don't seem to agree that DVI was/is good, and I've seen a lot of displays shipping without it recently. GPU makers have entirely gone to displayport/HDMI. It's the end of an era, as far as I'm concerned.

I've switched almost entirely to DP, since I can't get DVI anything anymore. I don't hate DP. I like it more than the friction fit HDMI which is prone to pulling itself out of the port for no good reason just as your opponent is about to come around the corner and all you can do is stare at yourself in the black mirror that your monitor has become and listen in horror as fartmaster69420 frags you again, bragging about it and telling you that you suck, and how he does unspeakable things to your mother over VC in his prepubescent voice.

Anyways. I miss DVI.

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[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

I dealt with this yesterday