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Subject: RE: [motm] Thank God!!!

From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
Date: 2000-05-09

>
> After some "tweaking" I did get the cable to work, it must have just been
> a loose connection, I think the grounds weren't making contact. -Nate
>
>

Don't take any chances here, fix the cable correctly - you may fry
something! Slide the yellow cap off one end connector and pull the wires
out. Cut them off 1/2" shorter. Do NOT strip the insulation, and force the
wires back down over the pins. I use needlenose pliers pressing in front of
and behind the pin simultaneously. Make sure the wire is all the way in
against the back of the connector when you do this. Replace the cap, and fix
the other connector for good measure. Of course it goes without saying that
you must replace the correct wires in the correct pins!

Many of us had horrible problems awhile back when a batch of cables were
made incorrectly. Cable maker was suitably chastised with a high voltage
patchcord up the ying yang.

Dave