[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Chris Olson]

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.

The pin layout is as follows on FW400:
1 Power - Unregulated DC; 12-17 V no load
2 Ground - Ground return for power and inner cable shield
3 TPB- Twisted-pair B, differential signals
4 TPB+ Twisted-pair B, differential signals
5 TPA-  Twisted-pair A, differential signals
6 TPA+ Twisted-pair A, differential signals
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Chris