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In electronics, a cable is 1 or more wires (fibers) bound together and running parallel to each other such that larger amounts of data/current can be transmitted at faster speeds than would be accomplished with a lower amount of wires. A cable can refer to an audio, visual, data, electrical or any other numerous types of cables.

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How to DIY split SATA to two USB 2 ports?

Any portable device (such as USB or SATA etc.) must be available to do two things: Must feed its circuit with Power, either from the source port (eg. USB) or from any external power source (eg....
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How to disable the shield in shielded Cat8 ethernet cable?

I recently installed shielded Cat 8 ethernet cable in my house during unrelated renovations due to water damage that required opening up the walls. The electrician also installed shielded RJ45 Cat 8 ...
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PC keeps rebooting before displaying the login screen and then works fine

It is a homemade PC that is already a few years old (without problems). These are the parts used: Mainboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Power: ...
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If my GPU has 1x HDMI 2.1 port and my monitor (Full HD 100 Hz) has HDMI 1.4, what kind of HDMI cable should I get?

Asking because I genuinely am not sure and I don't want to waste money. If my GPU has 1x HDMI 2.1 port and my monitor (Full HD 100 Hz) has HDMI 1.4, what kind of HDMI cable should I get?
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How do I know if my RJ45 socket is compatible with CAT5e cables?

I have three, around 16-year-old RJ45 wall sockets in my house, and they were not used in more than a decade (I used Wi-Fi instead). I checked the cables in the wall and they are Cat 5 type, which ...
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Connect external LCD monitor with only 2 Display Ports to Laptop with only HDMI output

I have an LCD monitor with 2 DP inputs only and a laptop having 1 HDMI output. I know it can't directly connect via single cable or HDMI-to-DP converter but via an active adapter. I also have type-C ...
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How can I get full speed internet/Ethernet access to all rooms of my apartment

I have a 4 bedroom apartment and every person in those 4 bedrooms has multiple devices they want to hardwire such as desktops, Xbox, PlayStation, and laptops. Each person has 2-3 devices they want ...
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Is my cable or iGPU at fault here?

I have a 1440p 240Hz monitor and I would like to fully utility the refresh rate at the monitor native resolution. I have a Ryzen 2500U CPU with Vega 8 iGPU integrated. I have a bit older cable ...
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USB to USBC only for one device?

Can products be made such that only the cable they provide will charge it? I have a baby sound machine, which has a USB to USBC cable that the company provides. It's too short and I've tried other ...
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EVGA GT1300 doesn't power 4TB Dell SAS drives from its SATA connectors, but does when connected to Molex; Why?

I've been having problems with enrolling some SAS hard drives (on a ZFS ZOL system of mine). I had an EVGA 600w power supply. I thought maybe it was that or cables. I replaced the cables, still had ...
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After opening a laptop, how do you plug short ribbon cables back in?

I have a laptop which now requires an external keyboard. When I opened it (to clean the fan, it was overheating), the keyboard ribbon cable slid out of its socket and I cannot plug it back in. It is ...
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Is there a M.2 NVME extension cable? (+ considerations on using them)

I am looking for an NVME extension cable, because there is hardware position conflict, and I would like to avoid using hacky solutions such as taping my NVME SSD on a surface I'm not too sure would be ...
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Is this color scheme another standard for RJ45 cable?

I'm trying to add a RJ45 connector to a Ethernet cable for a NVR system (Surveillance Cameras). The cameras comes with ethernet cables and I see that the only have 4 cables used and in different ...
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What to do when led #3 & #5 don't lite up in cable tester

I have clamped my 1st network cable. It's a "Vega network cable FTP CAT6 4PR 23AWG TIA/EIA-568B ISO/IEC 11801 2017" cable. It's in my house (inside the walls) between 2 floors, installed (...
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Damage marks on PC power cable/socket

The problem: Yesterday i started to experience stable shut downs when playing Far Cry 5, which lead me to checking everything power related and thus discovering some sort of damage marks on both the ...
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What type of connectors do I need for wifi aerial to router connection? Not Ethernet [closed]

I have a ZTE Home Broadband router that has 2 very small sockets for an external aerial and I would like to know what they are called so that I can get the proper cable with the right size plugs. I ...
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Is there any requirement for a USB cable to be qualified enough for single-lane 10Gbps singaling?

Assuming a host (including its ports and whatsoever) and a device both supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 / USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (i.e. USB 3.2 Gen 1x2 is not considered), does a user need a "good enough" (e....
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Can I connect a POTS cable over a CAT6a cable?

I currently have a UK Master socket which splits into 2 circuits 4 wire for phone extensions and AB line for RJ11 ADSL2 modems. I can run POTS extensions from the socket, but I need to extend the AB ...
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What is the effect of using lower Cat# cables in a higher Cat# keystone jacks, when the versions are NOT backwards-compatable?

It is not recommended to use ethernet patch cable in a lower-grade keystone jack (wall outlet), unless there is known backward-compatibility, such as between Cat6 and Cat5e. Is it acceptable to use ...
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Can a non-detachable USB-C charging cable from a laptop charger be extended?

I have an Acer Swift 3 laptop that charges from a 65W USB-C wall charger it came with. The cable is ~4ft long, but I need it to be a foot longer to comfortably reach the laptop on my desk. ...
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Are there different kinds of SATA power connectors, and if so, what terminology do I need to distinguish them?

I have two power cables that I'm trying to use to hook up multiple hard drives in an Unraid system. Both look superficially like this: ...with a 6-pin connector like this that goes into the power ...
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Identify the cable connector

Please identify this cable connector by model/part number/supplier. It is a cable between a control box and microprocessor. One photo for scale shows the connector next to an RJ45.
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Is connecting 3-pin audio jack to 4-pin slot safe?

I have bought a new headset that has a 3-pin audio jack port. The cable that came with it has 3-pin audio jack 3.5 (I think its also called AUX?) on both sides. Would it be safe to plug it into 4-pin ...
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Wi-Fi point my shed - I don't know what to buy

I have just had fibre installed; I have a Wi-Fi repeater extending the Wi-Fi but my shed is too far away to benefit. I used to have a cable running from my 4G box to my shed and this worked fine, but ...
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CAT6A home wiring - 100mbps over series-connected runs - gigabit over standalone runs

Was hoping to avoid one posting another "100mbps over CAT6A" posts but here we are! Apologies for the length. I'm currently running ethernet cables in a 1900s house (UK) as the walls and ...
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Do I need a special cable for this SSD?

I just bought a SanDisk 2 Tb SSD. It's amazing that I can carry so much data in such a tiny package for just $120. The device has a USB-C port, but SanDisk assumes that my computer has the older USB-A ...
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How to find one end of cat-5e cable hidden in a wall

I have a junction box in my house where seven cat 5E cables originate. The ends of the cables inside the junction box are all attached to a patch panel. I can only find four wall plates in the house ...
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Is the ribbon cable that connects screen and keyboard in a laptop changeable?

I'm not sure if the word changeable even exsists, but it summarizes my question pretty well. I want to know if the ribbon cable connecting the keyboard to the displayer can be replaced.
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Is it possible to interchange these two sockets since the cables in the wall look the same?

My Ethernet socket isn't working and I'm convinced it has to do with either the socket itself or the cable behind the wall. This picture of my wall sockets (the left the Ethernet socket, the right a ...
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A twisted-pair copper cable terminated according to the TIA/EIA-568A standard on one end and TIA/EIA-568B standard on the opposite end forms a:

I was going through some A+ practice exams when I came across this question: In modern Ethernet networks, A twisted-pair copper cable terminated according to the TIA/EIA-568A standard on one end and ...
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Why do USB-C cables stop working one one device, but still work on other?

This might be a bit weird question. I have a phone (Samsung Note 20) and other USB-C devices (headphones, tablet, microphone, etc...). When a cable is first used for charging my phone it works fine (...
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How does USB communications work in a mouse?

My Logitech M-UAE96 USB mouse is working properly except for the left button, which does not register all clicks I make and is even more finicky when I try to keep it pressed (drag and drop is hard to ...
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DVI monitor adaptor [closed]

I have a Mac mini 2014 (port HDMI and thunderbolt) and I want to connect it to a DVI only monitor. Which port is the best option? Should I use an adapter or all in one cable? Thanks
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Issue with network cable

We recently had a garden studio installed in our back garden and I asked them to lay a network cable (steel armoured) from the front of the house, where the main router is located, to the garden ...
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Internal Drive FAT32 Partition

I have a question about making this work but I'm not sure if it's even possible. So I have a home business involving embroidery. And I use my garage as a shop space with my machine and PC that I use ...
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usb-c cable is not charging laptops, but transmits video

I've bought LG 27UD88-W recently and was going to connect it with type C cable. The seller didn't include original one and the one I was using with dell for both charging and transmitting video - didn'...
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one switch works two don't- 35m cable

I am connecting my main ISP router to another router via a 35m ethernet cable, however, I have a connectivity problem, a bit long to explain so bear with me: If I connect the cable between the ISP ...
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Can an ethernet cable on a reel be used at full speed?

I bought 100m of relatively cheap CAT6 FTP ethernet cable on a reel. For testing purposes, I installed RJ45 jacks on the ends to check whether it can be used at 1Gbps. Observing the lights on the ...
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Cat6 cable test LED mapping

I have a cat6 wired home network and have been trying to replace the jack for one of the cables but there seem to be an issue. When I use the cable tester, I see this sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6&8, ...
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What kind of connector is this (something to USB 2.0)?

What kind of connector is this? On the other side of this cable is a male USB 2.0 connector.
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convert cable modem to connect to a phone jack?

I have an older cable modem and router. They work. I moved to a new place and the internet service is through the phone line. Is there any way, an adapter or something, that will allow me to connect ...
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Anyone knows the Phillips Picopix projector vga cable

Hello there superusers. I am on a quest to find a very specific cable ( or an alternative to it). It is a vga+ 3.5mm audio to mini hdmi, reference PPA1150, that are used to connect a computer to a ...
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Can I use generic 40 pin edp display cable for my laptop screen?

I own an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45-R4GR, which I bought on 20th May, 2021, and it is out of warranty. It has a 2560x1440 screen at 165Hz, and it suddenly had horizontal lines on it. I was watching a ...
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how to connect a usb wireless adapter with usb extension

I have a 3 meter usb extension for my tl wn722n, when I connect to a computer, the device is like connect... disconnect... and keep repeating, I have also shortened it to 0.5 meters and kept repeating,...
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Cable test G pin light up together with pin 5

I'm testing my cat7 cable with a cable tester. Pin 1-8, then G light up one by one. But when at pin 5, both pin 5 and G light up at the same time. Does that mean there is a short circuit between my ...
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Why do the Thunderbolt specifications indicate a max length for the cable?

The Thunderbolt specifications indicate a max length for the cable. Why?
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What is the max USB cable type-A male to type-c male Volt/current/Wattage possible?

I am struggling to understand USB type-C specifications in terms of power supply, It took me a lot to figure out about USB data bandwidth but now that type-C is used to charge mobiles I need to learn ...
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Cable modem + 300 ft of Coax?

I'm trying to get cable internet to a house in the woods. However, my ISP's connection is about 300 ft away. I want to run a coaxial cable from there to the house, but due to budget constraints, I can'...
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Crimping my own cat5e cables connection issues

I bought bulk cat5e cable so I can do a poe security system. I bought a tester and it shows my cable is good. The problem I am running into is that I am testing my cable speed on my ps5. When I plug ...
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Powering USB Cable From Different Head

I Have a Mikrotik RB951UI-2HND router, and a Huawei E5577 Modem Wi-Fi with modded firmware so it can run without battery (directly from power source). So I want to connect the two together with USB ...
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