Then you get grounded when you try to pull it off lol
BlueFireBlaster
This was created for a time, when this was needed. Now, is not that time. You get frustrated, because now, you dont need it, and only get the disadvantages + sorry to break it to you, but things break. Pun intented
Monkai_final_boss
Skill issue
Stolen_Recaros
God, I hated those cables. I never had one break like this, but it was always such a hassle to plug in and out. I was so happy when everything switched over to HDMI and Displayport.
Sixguns1977
Loc Tite solves this problem.
MrColburn
The best is when you unscrew the mounting pin from the mainboard and it comes off with the cable.
ShibariManilow
Nice unexpected conclusion – I’ve never seen that failure mode, always the motherboard pin stuck to the connector.
GodofcheeseSWE
Failed successfully
mostafa741
Archimedes
levelZeroWizard
OP must hate Archytas of Tarentum
liteHart
Wait till you find out the collars it’s threaded into are also threaded into the frame.
BrandHeck
I just stopped screwing them in. They stay put well enough.
BigCryptographer2034
China, lol, with crappy goods
oofinator3050
that thing is definitely not going anywhere, they don’t make connectors like they used to
smax70
I prefer when they get stuck and unscrew the boss from the main board personally…
Why Shun invented them of course! You would know if you gave him a chance to speak for once!
giantfood
Nvidia should take note. Might help with the melting power ports. /s
diesal3
Just wait until you see the USB-C spec. It actually has provisions for exactly this.
INFERNOdll
Ah, sweet memories. You never knew what part of the screw was gonna come out with the cable. Is the plastic part gonna fall off, is the metal part on the GPU gonna unscrew too? Life was fun.
TRIPMINE_Guy
The connections needed to be secure because the vga is analog and could pick up noise or discoloration if the pins are not completely in contact.
ArcadeRivalry
Some people say it was canon corp, but the parent for this cable was actually first filed in 1967 by an inventor called Virgil Gannan Astleworth in Des Moines Iowa.
Very intelligent people, unlike the one unscrewing this.
DreSmart
note the neanderthals went extinct
A_PCMR_member
People who knew not to crossthread
Brother-Safe
IBM. Litelry took me like a second to search up. Such a bad post😡
Xzenor
Well it’s either this or screwing the entire pin from the case… You know, the socket you screw it into to connect it…
Fit-Palpitation-3513
Amazing invention for the time, I could carry a whole desktop by just lifting the cable.
BlueGuyisLit
A genius, now even some type -c need this bolt action
SameScale6793
My favorite is when some other IT guy before you cranked the things down with the force of Thor and you cant get them off
Megane_Senpai
The designer for the 12V power connector could learn from this.
starless_90
Bad manufacturing ≠Bad Invention
nipple_salad_69
this made me lol out loud
yes it made me laugh out loud out loud
_AngryBadger_
I’ve never had that happen but I have had them screw the socket out of the back of the GPU before. I always wondered why the socket wasn’t counter threaded so that couldn’t happen but oh well.
42 Comments
Someone very intelligent. You just have a broken one. Not unheard but also not common. None of my VGA or DVI cables have suffered this in 30 years.
Mad lad whoever it was.
Someone who knew the monitors being used at the time weighed 30lbs and were effective bulletproof shields. The connections needed to be robust.
The D-subminiature connector was invented by Cannon in 1952.
[https://www.ittcannon.com/d-sub](https://www.ittcannon.com/d-sub)
Who screws it in?
I was doing monitor swaps last year and got so tired of unscrewing these I just started cutting them
https://preview.redd.it/a15vnmcxfute1.png?width=681&format=png&auto=webp&s=0516f05ed8d46474ea5cb733f9200e6016b79990
Obvious answer
Satan
Then you get grounded when you try to pull it off lol
This was created for a time, when this was needed. Now, is not that time. You get frustrated, because now, you dont need it, and only get the disadvantages + sorry to break it to you, but things break. Pun intented
Skill issue
God, I hated those cables. I never had one break like this, but it was always such a hassle to plug in and out. I was so happy when everything switched over to HDMI and Displayport.
Loc Tite solves this problem.
The best is when you unscrew the mounting pin from the mainboard and it comes off with the cable.
Nice unexpected conclusion – I’ve never seen that failure mode, always the motherboard pin stuck to the connector.
Failed successfully
Archimedes
OP must hate Archytas of Tarentum
Wait till you find out the collars it’s threaded into are also threaded into the frame.
I just stopped screwing them in. They stay put well enough.
China, lol, with crappy goods
that thing is definitely not going anywhere, they don’t make connectors like they used to
I prefer when they get stuck and unscrew the boss from the main board personally…
https://preview.redd.it/o911jce2lute1.png?width=572&format=png&auto=webp&s=6be735df70ea97c564548fb95a028c8eaf4021e0
Why Shun invented them of course! You would know if you gave him a chance to speak for once!
Nvidia should take note. Might help with the melting power ports. /s
Just wait until you see the USB-C spec. It actually has provisions for exactly this.
Ah, sweet memories. You never knew what part of the screw was gonna come out with the cable. Is the plastic part gonna fall off, is the metal part on the GPU gonna unscrew too? Life was fun.
The connections needed to be secure because the vga is analog and could pick up noise or discoloration if the pins are not completely in contact.
Some people say it was canon corp, but the parent for this cable was actually first filed in 1967 by an inventor called Virgil Gannan Astleworth in Des Moines Iowa.
https://preview.redd.it/aa3ar6aumute1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0c3cb7067e78fc9f874e5c9bf59313d5421e029
This guy did.
Very intelligent people, unlike the one unscrewing this.
note the neanderthals went extinct
People who knew not to crossthread
IBM. Litelry took me like a second to search up. Such a bad post😡
Well it’s either this or screwing the entire pin from the case… You know, the socket you screw it into to connect it…
Amazing invention for the time, I could carry a whole desktop by just lifting the cable.
A genius, now even some type -c need this bolt action
My favorite is when some other IT guy before you cranked the things down with the force of Thor and you cant get them off
The designer for the 12V power connector could learn from this.
Bad manufacturing ≠Bad Invention
this made me lol out loud
yes it made me laugh out loud out loud
I’ve never had that happen but I have had them screw the socket out of the back of the GPU before. I always wondered why the socket wasn’t counter threaded so that couldn’t happen but oh well.