vga cable repair

logistic

My lcd's vga cable is damaged at the socket end. The cable is hardwired to the monitor. I thought about cutting the cable and buying a replacement to solder on. Seems hard enough to do. Theres a metal shielding around the cable and the cables seem to very thin. Has anyone done this before?

Im going to ring PRSA tomorrow and get a quote as to how much it will cost to get fixed.

Would anyone who has repaired a vga cable before be willing to do it for less than PRSA or know of other repair options?

elmer

jaysus how'd you manage to do that - i replaced a crt monitor cable a good while back - they're colour coded so you just reall have to join the wires up with another cable

if you're not in a rush i might give it a bash

Nige

logistic

The pic is after i had a go at it. I opened it up to check out what the cabling was like.

Cheers for the offer elmer, i might take you up on that. Depends on what PRSA quote me.

How did you find stripping back and soldering the wires together. Some of the wires are very thin.

Webmonkey

I'm begining to get a problem with the end of my cable and I seem to have same monitor as you. Well mines a BenQ but its exactly same design as yours

elmer

grand - either way you'll be out to bray - I'm used to dealing with xbox stuff which would use much finer wire than a monitor cable.

logistic

Rang PRSA first thing this morning, said they would ring back. They never did, so after i second phone call i got a quote of €75. Was told the job would take an hour "its a time consuming job"

Guy in work mentioned all cables. Gave them a call said they will do it for €25

HungryJoey

Damn...Only if i knew that a while back that it could be done...about a year ago i was a complete n()()B and would of thought it could never be done... I threw out a nice Compaq FS-740 17" CRT FLAT because the VGA adapter at the end of monitor all the pins got snapped out ... :mad:

DonkeyStyle \o/

elmer wrote:

jaysus how'd you manage to do that

lol, exactly what I was thinking when I first saw the pic. :eek:
Hardwired vga cables are the tool of the devil.

The Real B-man

lol prsa thats a new one and only 5mins away you learn something new everyday

elmer

logistic wrote:

Rang PRSA first thing this morning, said they would ring back. They never did, so after i second phone call i got a quote of €75. Was told the job would take an hour "its a time consuming job"

Guy in work mentioned all cables. Gave them a call said they will do it for €25

tbh i would have expect around the 40 mark - rather than splice the wires they'll just replace the complete cable inside the casing - not somethign i would have done becuase i'm unfamiliar with it but the outcome will be better

Nige