Yep, i know you can buy a longer version of the flat flex cables. How do i know? Cause I did buy some. The minimum order for these cables were $150. I'll sell a pair to ya or anyone else. Make me an offer. I have about 8 pairs left.... The original 30 and 45pin flat flex cables are about 1.5" in length. The cables I have are about 6" in length and they DO WORK. I've sold many.
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!! By connecting that ground inside the panel thinger, you run the risk of creating a ground loop (a Bad Thing) with the computer.
If you have it disassembled, then it sounds like it will be a non-issue, as the ground from the VGA connector will never contact the ground from the wall plug. However, if you reassemble the panel, and those two ground sources make contact, the image will suffer greatly!
Just to warn you... I had a keyboard a long time ago that, if I played it outdoors, it would shock me every time I touched the volume control. The chassis was not grounded, so the clouds passing overhead would cause it to build up a charge until I discharged it. (Ouch!) I grounded it, and found immediately that it made a highly unpleasant humming noise all the time. (This was before I had any understanding of ground loops.) A few weeks later, my amp got borrowed by somebody and came back without a ground plug (darned orchestra people can't take care of other people's things!) and while I was nervous to use it, I tried it and the hum was gone! (Now I understand what happened, but it was like magic to me then.)
Anyway. Just be careful that you don't create a ground loop. I have no idea what the effects, if any, would be, at video frequencies.
If you have it disassembled, then it sounds like it will be a non-issue, as the ground from the VGA connector will never contact the ground from the wall plug. However, if you reassemble the panel, and those two ground sources make contact, the image will suffer greatly!
Just to warn you... I had a keyboard a long time ago that, if I played it outdoors, it would shock me every time I touched the volume control. The chassis was not grounded, so the clouds passing overhead would cause it to build up a charge until I discharged it. (Ouch!) I grounded it, and found immediately that it made a highly unpleasant humming noise all the time. (This was before I had any understanding of ground loops.) A few weeks later, my amp got borrowed by somebody and came back without a ground plug (darned orchestra people can't take care of other people's things!) and while I was nervous to use it, I tried it and the hum was gone! (Now I understand what happened, but it was like magic to me then.)
Anyway. Just be careful that you don't create a ground loop. I have no idea what the effects, if any, would be, at video frequencies.
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