Video extension cables and standoffs

If you ever opened up a computer tower, you know that there are many different size screws. You also may realize that some screws aren’t even imperial or English, which is what we use in USA. Same situation outside a computer. A video cable such as VGA or DVI for instance, usually has two screws on the connectors so you can screw the end to your computer. What happens if you use an extension cable? You get screws on both the regular cable and extension cable, hardly any use when both sides are screws. I recently had to extend a VGA cable and was faced with this nonsense. The connectors on the regular cable and extension cable will easily get loose unless I tape them together. So I started looking for standoffs that can bridge two screws together. It turns out that these screws aren’t imperial either. They are M3! Good thing I grabbed a few M3 standoffs with threads on both sides so I just used two of those. Next time you want a perfectly secure extension cable, look for M3 standoffs. The bronze standoffs are in between two VGA connectors, both of which feature screws.