Eben King wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
>
>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> I ran a screw through a brand new USB 2 cable, long story. Exploratory
>> surgery reveals that the insulation is penetrated and maybe half of
>> the shield wires are broken, but the copper wire and the aluminum
>> wrapped thingie are untouched.
>>
>> Is it shot or not? If it was a shielded audio or TV cable I would just
>> tape it up and not worry about it but I don't know a lot about USB.
>
> There are (up to) four conductors, two for power and two for signal.
> The shielding's probably to keep the signal from leaking out and other
> RF noise from leaking in. If the wires are intact I'd just tape it up
> (preferably with some nonconductive tape, but you're only talking about
> 500mA @ 5V) and use it like normal, but don't put too much stress on
> that part of the cable.
Hi Eben,
Thanks, I think I'll do that right now.
I wrapped it with some aluminum AC tape first to replace the shield, now
non-conductive tape over that. If my keyboard and mouse both start
getting flaky at once I will know why.
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