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anyone know what this is? - zaneyard - 12-13-2009

http://imgur.com/xYWi0&kakTR

http://imgur.com/xYWi0&kakTRl

Re: anyone know what this is? - CaffeinePowered - 12-13-2009

Power connector for a floppy

Re: anyone know what this is? - HeK - 12-13-2009

(12-13-2009, 01:45 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: Power connector for a floppy

Neg, a floppy power connector looks like:

[Image: floppy-power.jpg]

The connector Zaneyard posted is a generic 5-pin connector, it could literally be used for anything.

Zaneyard, what context is this cable used in? Did it come with any specific piece of hardware?

Re: anyone know what this is? - zaneyard - 12-13-2009

it's the other side of the USB cable that connects to the mainboard in my mouse

sorry i should have posted context

i need a way to replace that end, that's why i asked if anyone knew what it was, and in that response i could get one.

need a way to crimp it though too..

Re: anyone know what this is? - HeK - 12-13-2009

Digikey will have them, or if you are lucky enough to live near a Fry's Electronics.
They crimp on very easily, you can do it with a pair of pliers.

I can see a break in the cord in the background of the first image. I am guessing that there is nothing wrong with the plug, but a break in the cable. If that is the case, you are better off just getting some heat shrink, cutting the cable and soldering it back together.

Re: anyone know what this is? - zaneyard - 12-13-2009

(12-13-2009, 02:15 PM)HeK link Wrote: Digikey will have them, or if you are lucky enough to live near a Fry's Electronics.
They crimp on very easily, you can do it with a pair of pliers.

I can see a break in the cord in the background of the first image. I am guessing that there is nothing wrong with the plug, but a break in the cable. If that is the case, you are better off just getting some heat shrink, cutting the cable and soldering it back together.
see that's the thing, it's broken in more than one place
the break in the outer sheathing isn't even where it's broken on the inside...

Re: anyone know what this is? - zaneyard - 12-13-2009

i just figured it would be easier to shorten the cable and re-terminate it than having to re-attach two ends

wonder if i could just buy a replacement cable

what is this called, i could only find USB a and USB B and mini and all that sort of thing in digikey

Re: anyone know what this is? - at0m - 12-15-2009

Protip: if you have a dremel, gender changers can net you USB connectors you'd otherwise be unable to find on the cheap. Slice the plastic and usually you can get at them pretty easily.

As far as those connectors go, they're probably reusable if you can get the pins out. You'd probably spend more on parts trying to repair it than you would on a new mouse, unless you cannibalize another that you have laying around (like I did with my Intellimouse explorer by ganking parts off of Caff's old broken one)

Re: anyone know what this is? - zaneyard - 12-15-2009

i ended up chopping off a few inches where i suspected the break was and taping the wires, works fine now