[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Kynan Shook]

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.