20 Oct
2001
20 Oct
'01
1:46 a.m.
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On Saturday 20 Oct 2001 00:21 am, Tony Duell wrote:
The subject was about 'office people'. Most(?) IT people wouldn't know how to
solder a monitor connector, or possibly wouldn't be allowed to by either
their company or Health and Safety (no, I don't know much about Health&Safety
Laws). So, yes, for you, and probably most, if not all, people on this list
would be easier to grab an HDE 15 plug and resolder it. For most other
people, it's not.
Dan
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But why would you need to pull the case anyway? Just
replace the plug on
the end of the existing cable.
Well, I was talking about replacing the whole cable. Anyway, being at
University, rather than at home at the moment, means I don't have any of the
right tools to replace even the connector. As I needed a monitor, I thought
it far easier just to buy a new one, and try and repair the old one when I
got back from Uni (plus it was an excuse to get a flat-panel display ;-).
Anyway, before I'd put a new connector on, I'd want to check to make sure
there's no break in the cable between where I'd put the new connector and the
monitor itself - I'd need to open up the case to be able to access the other
end of the cable. (If any of that makes sense).
It can be
accomplished without sending it away, but for most cases, it's
far safer/easier to send it back for repair (and it doesn't void the
warranty for
Easier??? Let me see. I either grab an HDE 15 plug off my bench,
solder
it to the end of the cable, and am up and running again in about 10
minutes, or I dig out the original box for the monitor, spend at least 5
minutes puzzling out how the polystyrene bits fit round the monitor, and
then stagger down to the post office with it. Get it back about 3 weeks
later, and find it's been mishandled by said postal service, so I have to
do a full alignment on it. No thanks.... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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