That $60 cable tester finally stopped my blaming spree
I kept swapping HDMI cables every weekend because my 4K monitor would randomly drop signal, and I was convinced it was my GPU or drivers acting up. Bought a basic cable tester from Amazon for $60 and it flagged a bent pin on a cable I'd had since 2019, which explained everything. Has anyone else found that spending a little on a diagnostic tool beats guessing and replacing the costly parts first?
Diagnostic tools are way cheaper than a new GPU, that's for sure. A $60 tester just saved you from chasing ghosts for months, you know? Sometimes the dumbest part is the problem.