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4870X2 DVI Socket broken, advice please

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Here's the story,

Swapped the DVI cable from my old PC to the 4870X2 in my newer one, powered up and no display....

The DVI socket on the card always was a bit chewed up (after buying 2nd hand) and when I removed the cable one of the contacts had snapped off.

It is the contact that the arrow is pointing to in the picture below...

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Because the top contact has broken off, the corresponding flat pin on the cable doesn't touch the both the top and bottom contacts.

I tried plugging the cable into the second socket but that didn't provide a display either.

I have basically wrapped a few strands of copper wire up in aluminium foil, shoved in as a buffer to provide the connection and I am now getting a display...

Here are my questions:

Was that a stupid thing to do? :p

Or sensibly phrased, will what I have done have any detrimental effects on the card and/or connector?

What are your suggestions for solving the problem in a more elegant manner?

Is the left-hand (closest to motherboard) DVI socket the primary connector or can I use the other connector from now on, bearing in mind nothing happened when I was plugged into that one earlier?

Thanks muchly


Ed
 
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I would personally dismantal the cooler off the card and buy a soildering iron and a new DVI socket and fit a new one, Don't forget solder sucker and flux. EZ PZ
 
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You can use either of the two DVI ports, so if you've only 1 monitor you've no problems :)

Is it just plug and play?

I assumed that's what I could do but I got no display when I did that initially...?

I'll try the other port again in a minute, if it doesn't work I hope I can get my bodge job working again!
 
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Ok, well panic over I guess.

I'm plugged into the other DVI socket, which looks like it's never been used and everything is ok....

Weird that absolutely nothing happened when I did that before! It got me really worried!

I'll just stick to using the second socket from now on.

Thanks all
 
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