New Posts For Thread: IT help - how easy is it to chop and replace a dodgy monitor cable?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cableThe socket into my laptop is starting to play silly burgers with the screen display appearing in all sorts of funky colours.I'm thinking of snipping the socket off and wiring it to a standard VGA cable - after snipping one of it's sockets off.There aFor future reference, if anyone's interested, a standard male / male VGA cable consists of a whole loada coax style wrapping within the plastic cable cover, followed by some nylon type stuff protecting three thick cables (orange, yellow and green) wrhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548050197#548050197For future reference, if anyone's interested, a standard male / male VGA cable consists of a whole loada coax style wrapping within the plastic cable cover, followed by some nylon type stuff protecting three thick cables (orange, yellow and green) wrFri, 11 Mar 2016 09:04:00 -0600https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049787#548049787https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:43:01 -0600http://www.jr.co.il/humor/campsong.txthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049777#548049777http://www.jr.co.il/humor/campsong.txtFri, 11 Mar 2016 08:42:28 -0600Actually, having just dismantled the dodgy monitor, I have discovered that a VGA connection exists within it's bowels.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049753#548049753Actually, having just dismantled the dodgy monitor, I have discovered that a VGA connection exists within it's bowels.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:41:29 -0600Cheers, JC.The laptop display itself, no longer exists - hence me using an external monitor, via the VGA port on my laptop.Unfortunately, the dodgy monitor is hard wired - otherwise I would simply replace the cable.Soooooooooooo, if I simply snippedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049639#548049639Cheers, JC.The laptop display itself, no longer exists - hence me using an external monitor, via the VGA port on my laptop.Unfortunately, the dodgy monitor is hard wired - otherwise I would simply replace the cable.Soooooooooooo, if I simply snippedFri, 11 Mar 2016 08:35:21 -0600IT's a very confusing question. The laptop display will be hard wired so if you've an external displayalready which will be by sounds of things VGA.Is it not standard VGA connector already? Any laptop I've seen has a standard VGA connector (unless ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049377#548049377IT's a very confusing question. The laptop display will be hard wired so if you've an external displayalready which will be by sounds of things VGA.Is it not standard VGA connector already? Any laptop I've seen has a standard VGA connector (unless itFri, 11 Mar 2016 08:14:29 -0600Degauss rules man!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049287#548049287Degauss rules man!Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:04:55 -0600OK, I've plugged the Beast in and everything's ok, apart from the blink rate, which I can sort.Therefore, it's defo the original monitor's cable that's dodgy - so, back to my original question, is it easy enough to snip and fix, like a 240v power cabhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049281#548049281OK, I've plugged the Beast in and everything's ok, apart from the blink rate, which I can sort.Therefore, it's defo the original monitor's cable that's dodgy - so, back to my original question, is it easy enough to snip and fix, like a 240v power cabFri, 11 Mar 2016 08:03:52 -0600The socket into my laptop is starting to play silly burgers with the screen display appearing in all sorts of funky colours.I'm thinking of snipping the socket off and wiring it to a standard VGA cable - after snipping one of it's sockets off.There ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30664405/it-help---how-easy-is-it-to-chop-and-replace-a-dodgy-monitor-cable?post_id=548049211#548049211The socket into my laptop is starting to play silly burgers with the screen display appearing in all sorts of funky colours.I'm thinking of snipping the socket off and wiring it to a standard VGA cable - after snipping one of it's sockets off.There aFri, 11 Mar 2016 07:55:41 -0600