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| quote: | Originally posted by CyclonesWorld
Definitely do not try shorting the monitor out internally by dropping things in the slot. Sure, it'll probably work but if you set your office on fire I'm sure they won't give you a new monitor.
Best thing is use a magnet. But any IT guy (Aka me) would see straight through that and give you another crappy CRT to be an asshole.
Bending the pins of the VGA connector is a good idea. They can break easily when you try to bend them back into place. What you should do is rearrange your desk, move your computer around, etc. Bend one of the pins all the way down. Don't try to fix it yourself though, have someone from IT attempt doing it. If you bend it enough, bending it back will be fairly impossible to do without breaking the pin.
It's not uncommon for a VGA cable pin to get bent either so it's believable. Play dumb and say you were wondering why it took so much force to reconnect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector
Look at the link above. Go for one of the Red, Green or Blue pins. The monitor will still work but the color won't be there. |
that's what i thought about the magnet thing. the pink and green blotches that form will be obvious that i passed a magnet over it. the only problem with breaking the pins is that my job requires us to call it if we want to rearrange our electronics so they can do it  . thank you all for the input! i will do something soon enough.
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