Slight looseness in 7-pin connector to Dell laptop
 

I have a video 7-pin connector from the laptop that adapts to an rca cable and then on to my tv monitor. Once in a while I lose the tv monitor view; I then push the 7-pin adapter in a bit or just move it slightly and the view comes back. I have tried several different 7-pin adapters and it still happens. Who may know some good workarounds or what might need to be repaired on my end.

Anyone else ever experience this?

Hoping it's minor?:c

My guess would be that one or more of the pin sockets on the svideo from your laptop has a loose/broken connection. Jiggling it gets it back in contact.

It's probably going to get worse or at some point jiggling will no longer offer a temporary fix.
I'm not real familiar with a laptops innards but looking at a desktop graphics card suggest this will not be an easy fix. Before integrated circuits and boards you could probably get out the soldering iron and fix it, but I don't think you'd be that lucky today.

I have a power supply socket on a laptop that is the same way and have been told by repair people that this is not a cheap fix.

Sam

just wondering where you got your 7 pin s-video cable at, both of my dell laptops has 7 pins and i don't have any problems with it, i read that youve tried several cables, get one from s-video.com ( they have diff.lenghts ) and i'm pretty sure it will work , the once i got stays in real tight, or get one from dell for $10.00 it has s/video, rca connectors..

ya, what it probably is, is that the video input on the laptop got worn from pulling the adapter in and out over several years, 5 or 6 nights awee, and the holes get larger and the adapter fits looser (I hope). maybe a different one, as you suggest, may tend to fit tighter, at least for a while.

thanx guys.

i built a case for my laptop and the s-video to rca( male ) cable is always plugged in, i bought a female to female adaptor from radio schack and i have it screwed on the back of my case, so everytime i play i just plugged the male end of the viewer screen ( i pre wired ) to the back of my case and vice versa..