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This week my monitor stand finally gave up and my desk is a disaster zone
I came home Monday after a rough day at work, sat down to unwind with some gaming, and my cheap monitor arm just snapped right at the gas spring. The monitor dropped and knocked my coffee mug into my keyboard, which now has half the keys sticking. I spent the next three hours trying to rig something with books and a shoe box just to keep the screen at eye level. My cable management was already a mess before this, with wires trailing everywhere under the desk like a spaghetti monster. Now I got a HDMI cable draped across my mouse pad and a power strip hanging by one corner. Is there a simple fix for temporary monitor support that won't break again in a week? Or should I just bite the bullet and buy a proper dual arm setup this time around?
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blake_black4729d ago
You got any zip ties and a sturdy shelf bracket laying around? My buddy Dave had his whole setup crash down on him last year, his monitor faceplanted into a bowl of chili. He ended up drilling a shelf bracket into his wall and balancing the monitor on it with a folded towel underneath. It looked like a garbage rig but lasted him like four months until he saved up for a proper mount. HDMI cable was just taped to the wall with packing tape too, looked awful but worked fine. Honestly just bite the bullet on a dual arm though, your desk will thank you.
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