I have a monitor that is currently hooked up to a Mac. I recently attempted to connect it to a PC. The monitor behaved as if a signal was being sent, but nothing appeared on the screen. I noticed that a prong was bent over on the connector for the monitor. I'm curious if this is a normal problem, and what I can do about it. Would I be able to get a mac-to-pc adaptor, or would I have to replace the connector on the monitor? Any help would be appreciated.
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Broken Prong on Monitor
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Not saying this is the case with yours, but often bent pins are the results of someone trying to push the connector in the wrong way round.
Try what Garebo has suggested, and if you need to connect and disconnect that plug more than just a few times, try putting a small 15-pin gender changer in line - this will save that bent pin from being fatigued any more.
ROGER - G0AOZ.
Try what Garebo has suggested, and if you need to connect and disconnect that plug more than just a few times, try putting a small 15-pin gender changer in line - this will save that bent pin from being fatigued any more.
ROGER - G0AOZ.
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I attempted to bend back the prong and it broke off. It appears as if at least one of the prongs (which the broken one is a part of) has a small indentation on the side of each prong. I don't know if the indentations are the result of abuse, a design flaw, or intentional. It's my parents' monitor and computer, so I'm not sure exactly on the history, or abuse it has received. It has been used with several different computers.
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I attempted to bend back the prong and it broke off. It appears as if at least one row of the prongs (which the broken one is a part of) has a small indentation on the side of each prong. I don't know if the indentations are the result of abuse, a design flaw, or intentional. It's my parents' monitor and computer, so I'm not sure exactly on the history, or abuse it has received. It has been used with several different computers.
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Oh dear... Now you're in trouble! ![[sad]](/data/assets/smilies/sad.gif "[sad] [sad]")
Chances are that 15-pin VGA plug is a molded one so you'll not easily take it apart. I have made a temporary (somes permanent!) repair to a plug of this type by driving a needlework dress type stainless steel pin into the "hole" where the prong used to be. Grip it with a pair of pliers or molegrips, push in gently but firmly. Then snip off the excess in line with the other prongs.
Good luck!
ROGER - G0AOZ.
Chances are that 15-pin VGA plug is a molded one so you'll not easily take it apart. I have made a temporary (somes permanent!) repair to a plug of this type by driving a needlework dress type stainless steel pin into the "hole" where the prong used to be. Grip it with a pair of pliers or molegrips, push in gently but firmly. Then snip off the excess in line with the other prongs.
Good luck!
ROGER - G0AOZ.
Are the monitor plug-ins the same for macs as pcs? In which case, you can install a whole new end on your cable. I would imagine that you can do so either way, pc or mac?
Although G0AOZ has come up with a brilliant fix! You could then put that gender changer on it.
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Although G0AOZ has come up with a brilliant fix! You could then put that gender changer on it.
Good advice + great people = tek-tips
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