I just need to share my frustration.
Today I went and ordered and picked up the case, mobo and RAM for my home server (already got the HDDs from OcUK
)
I got home, put it all together and went to plug it into my monitor, I looked at the back panel connectors and thought ****! I don't have a VGA cable (my main comp uses a DVI and the monitor has DVI and VGA connectors). So I went on the website of the local hardware supplier and ordered the cheapest VGA cable they had.
My girlfriend who was out shopping picked my cable up and brought it home, I plugged it into my monitor and went to plug it into the server and again thought ****, the cable had a female connector the same as the motherboard. I checked on the webpage and there was no mention of it being a M-F cable in the title or description, there was just a thumbnail that if you clicked on it showed the M and F connectors! I'd just assumed that is was a standard M-M monitor cable as I didn't look at the pic.
The saying "Assumption is the mother of all ****-ups!" is spot on.
I can't get a replacement as it turns out all their M-M cables are out of stock. So I'll probably just ask the IT guys to swap it for the right one when I get into work on monday
Now I have a built computer sitting next to me that I can't finish until monday, all I can do is turn it on to check the fans and HDDs spin up LOL (they do btw)
Today I went and ordered and picked up the case, mobo and RAM for my home server (already got the HDDs from OcUK
) I got home, put it all together and went to plug it into my monitor, I looked at the back panel connectors and thought ****! I don't have a VGA cable (my main comp uses a DVI and the monitor has DVI and VGA connectors). So I went on the website of the local hardware supplier and ordered the cheapest VGA cable they had.
My girlfriend who was out shopping picked my cable up and brought it home, I plugged it into my monitor and went to plug it into the server and again thought ****, the cable had a female connector the same as the motherboard. I checked on the webpage and there was no mention of it being a M-F cable in the title or description, there was just a thumbnail that if you clicked on it showed the M and F connectors! I'd just assumed that is was a standard M-M monitor cable as I didn't look at the pic.
The saying "Assumption is the mother of all ****-ups!" is spot on.
I can't get a replacement as it turns out all their M-M cables are out of stock. So I'll probably just ask the IT guys to swap it for the right one when I get into work on monday
Now I have a built computer sitting next to me that I can't finish until monday, all I can do is turn it on to check the fans and HDDs spin up LOL (they do btw)
