[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Robert Nicholson]

What does that cost? Anything above $15 would be too much.

On Jan 7, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> Ooooooor...
> You could buy the 19-inch Firewire cable from Apple.
> I mean, don't let me get in the way of your fun if you enjoy splicing 
> cables.  It's just easier, and a lot less likely to require expensive 
> logic board replacement. ;-)
> There are also retractable cables available from several places (check 
> Amazon) - not sure how good they are, but I doubt they'd fit the 
> iSight mount properly.
>
> Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net> writes:
>> On Jan 7, 2005, at 8:33 PM, Robert Nicholson wrote:
>>
>>> What is the solution to this? The cable with the iSight is very long
>>> with lots of excess.
>>
>> Cut the cable, shorten it to the desired length, run to radio shack 
>> and
>> get a new plug, and solder it on.
>>
>> Keep in mind the most common cause of Firewire port failure is 
>> shorting
>> the power pin to the data transmission pins by hotplugging a defective
>> cable, physically twisting the cable, or soldering the leads on wrong.
>> Keep that in mind when soldering your new plug on.
>
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