Help With a VGA Cable

[ElectronicTechnology]

Hello everyone,

 

I recently moved and brought a very old computer along with me that used a VGA connection to the monitor. Well it looks like when the moving guys helped move, they just ripped the VGA cable out of the computer without unscrewing it (incredibly stupid). Because they just ripped the cable out, it now looks like the part of the female end (the computer's) is stuck on the male end (as shown in the picture, sorry for the bad quality).

 

  

 

I tried using pliers and unscrewing it, but there wasn't much success. All it did was make the screw part longer for some reason. If anyone could give me some suggestions, it would be much appreciated! 

 

Thank you for any help!

[minibois]

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Getting a new VGA cable? They are not that much.

Either way, not sure what you can do to fix it..

Maybe try pushing it down..

[W-L]

If the monitor isn't damaged and the connectors are all still good just back out the VGA stand off by gripping the bottom with the pliers and turning the knob on the cable to loosen it off. Once you have the standoffs part off you can just leave it as a plug in VGA cable with no lock.

 

Standoffs:

[ElectronicTechnology]

Getting a new VGA cable? They are not that much.

Either way, not sure what you can do to fix it..

Maybe try pushing it down..

I'd like to avoid buying another as I just got home from Tiger Direct to pick up a VGA to DVI.

 

Pushing it down didn't work, I'll keep at it though.

[ElectronicTechnology]

If the monitor isn't damaged and the connectors are all still good just back out the VGA stand off by gripping the bottom with the pliers and turning the knob on the cable to loosen it off. Once you have the standoffs part off you can just leave it as a plug in VGA cable with no lock.

 

Standoffs:

No luck. I plugged the bad end into the computer where it was originally and where the standoffs are not, but the standoffs didn't unscrew themselves. I even tried screwing it in really tight with a coin, but that didn't work. 

[tmlhalo]

Needle nose pillars gripping the stand off. Screw driver unscrewing the VGA pin. Keep going til they become unseparated. Screw the stands offs back into the monitor / motherboard. Happens to me on the DVI every time. Nothing unusual.

[Enderman]

Needle nose pillars gripping the stand off. Screw driver unscrewing the VGA pin.

this is how you remove them ^^^

[ElectronicTechnology]

Needle nose pillars gripping the stand off. Screw driver unscrewing the VGA pin. Keep going til they become unseparated. Screw the stands offs back into the monitor / motherboard. Happens to me on the DVI every time. Nothing unusual.

This worked! Thank you so much! You definitely saved me from going back out to get another cable.