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Tweezers and a steady hand would get those pins back into some kind of alignment. Until the cable or monitor can be replaced anyway.
Source: Have had to perform pin-straightening at least once.
VGAin’t
Reminds me that back in the day I used to have to deal with pin straighteners at work frequently. I haven’t touched one in decades.
VGA, serial, CPUs and SCSI. I remember discovering that the tip part from a mechanical pencil worked great to fix them.
Oh, I did that! I had forgotten it.
I have to admit i’m not the gentlest when it comes to cable insertions, but what in the fuck happened here?
If I had to guess, I’d say school. Kids will absolutely destroy computers if you give them a chance to.
