Missing pin on monitor cable

[MrBaseball]

My brother managed to break a pin on his MAG 786FD 17" montor. Is there anyway to fix this?


EDIT: It ended up being the CPU was not seated well enough on the motherboard. Its a Slot A Thunderbird and it must have gotten knocked around a little when my brother moved. I should have taken a closer look at the computer before I posted

It sounds like if you do break a pin on the monitor cable you are screwed. Luckily it was not that.

 

[Torghn]

If you can take the end of the cable off you can resolder the pin back on. I've done this on a few older monitors, but never on a new one. Hopefully you won't have to replace the entier connector as that would be a royal pain.

 

[dayg]

MrBaseball,
Can I ask how he manage to break it?

 

[MrPhelps]

A good electronics guy can do it but they will probably get $20/$30 to do it.