Both
Hand tight, then torque wrench, 7-inch pounds.
I’ve always screwed them both in very lightly
Who does just one? That’s worse than not doing either. Since they’re captive screws, doing just one can force the connector to wedge in crooked. I’ve had issues with tightening one too far before starting the threads on the other. Sometimes you have to go back and forth a couple times
After you properly connected it, sealing just one seems okay, isn’t it?
If you tighten just one side, it can pull the connector in that direction. Think of tightening heatsink screws unevenly on each side.
These seem way more forgiving tho. Up to the point you can connect it hot and working and it’d go nice.
I usually screw in both bolts but I still have an old laptop that I use on very rare occasions that doesn’t have the screw holes for some reason.
Both, heathens dont bother and they reap what they sow.
Hahaha, I can’t disagree, even as a heathen.
As others have said, depends on how permanent something is
Ever think you got it unscrewed and accidentally yank the standoff from the PCB?
When I used them, I screwed both in usually.
If it’s for more than a minute I’ll screw in VGA and DVI cables
Both, three rotations after the threads catch.
One or none bears the risk of the connector coming out crooked and bending the pins, causing a potential alignment issue on the next connection and bending them further.
It depends.
For my work computer, I screw them in tight, both on the monitor and the DP/VGA adapter.
For stationary devices (like overhead projectors) and extension cords, I screw them in, but not very tight.
For classroom computers, I only screw them in on the monitor and leave them unscrewed on the computer. Students can’t keep their legs calm and often snag the cables. I prefer to let the connectors harmlessly disconnect instead of damaging the graphics card or motherboard.
Pro tip: It’s a lot easier f you twist both knobs at the same time using the same motion as opening a bottle cap.
It depends.
When the VGA socket I’m plugging the VGA cable has a screwing hole (for example, tower PCs as well as some HDMI-To-VGA adapters) , and I’m intending to let it plugged, I generally do screw them in, not entirely, but sufficiently to don’t let it escape due to VGA cable’s weight (especially if the cable has dozens of meters as well as those cilindrical magnetic thingies that reduces electromagnetic interference).
But one of my laptops have no screwing holes at the sides of the VGA socket so it’s impossible to screw the VGA cable.
These sockets without any holes at all look and feel like they need these. These are mostly in notebooks where you do need to secure the connection, and it feels like whenever you put it in it is ready to go off at any second.
My current job, we test products with these cables, we are required to screw in both when plugging it in, so both.
You have some code to do so?
I don’t screw them in unless it’s in a confined location where the cable is applying pressure to unseat, or if it’s fallen off at least once
