Any Reason Why the VGA Standoffs on at Least the Voodoo3 and Beyond Have a Washer on Them? \ VOGONS

Any Reason Why the VGA Standoffs on at Least the Voodoo3 and Beyond Have a Washer on Them?

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First post, by ultra_code

Posted on 2018-10-08, 11:27

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Hello VOGONS members!

Have a stupid question. I noticed on my Voodoo3 3000 in my Pentium 3 system and on a broken Voodoo5 5500 (R.I.P.) in my possession that the "standoff" for the VGA ports have these washers on them. Why? Replacing them with standoffs without the washers and plugging a monitor into my Voodoo3 hasn't done anything bad, so what gives? Is it just for looks, or are the VGA ports on these cards "special" in some way?

The Voodoo1 I have in my possession and from what I can tell with the Voodoo2 from Google images don't have washers on the standoffs for their VGA ports. And, AFAIK, all other GPUs don't have washers on their standoffs for their VGA and DVI ports.

So again, why?

Anything would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Reply 1 of 3, by Cbb

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:15

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Can't see on the photo if those washers are of grower type. If it's so they will be harder to be turned with monitor's plug screws when undoing them.
Anyway it's a good manner to put the washer under the nut (in this case the screw has a hexagonal head so it's a kind of).

Reply 2 of 3, by ultra_code

Posted on 2018-10-08, 21:40

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Cbb wrote:
Can't see on the photo if those washers are of grower type. If it's so they will be harder to be turned with monitor's plug screws when undoing them.
Anyway it's a good manner to put the washer under the nut (in this case the screw has a hexagonal head so it's a kind of).

Sorry for the poor quality, but here's a better look at the washer type. I think your initial categorization is correct - it doesn't want to come off of the standoff (dual tweezers would probably work).