I have a USB cable with wires that have these colors:
- white
- light-grey
- blue
- green
I need to attach it to a USB cable with these colors:
- red
- black
- green
- white
What is the combination?
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4Time to pull out your multimeter and databooks...– Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsNov 25, 2010 at 19:59
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1what are these things? I'm not a technician :s– Totty.jsNov 25, 2010 at 20:00
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you don't have another end of secondary cable so you can't get pinout out from connector?– kagali-sanNov 26, 2010 at 1:50
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This is like the TV shows where somebody defuses a bomb by clipping certain color wires (because bomb makers always consult the bomb-makers' color code reference manual, and anyone else can just look up what standard colors they used). If standard colors have been defined for a cable and you find a cable that doesn't match the standard, I wouldn't trust the colors.– fixer1234Jan 12, 2016 at 17:03
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2 Answers
This page on USBMan® seems to have the information you require, but the first set of colours do not make up a set of the four different wires, you seem to be missing at least a ground.
When there are non-standard colours floating about I would be very wary of connecting them up without finding out from the manufacturer what colour they are using for what.
- Colour: RED, ORANGE -> Connects to: POWER, VCC, SVCC, +5V
- Colour: WHITE, YELLOW -> Connects to: P-, DATA-, SBD-
- Colour: GREEN, GREY -> Connects to: P+, DATA+, SBD+
- Colour: BLACK, BLUE, BROWN -> Connects to: GROUND, GRND, GND
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Now I made some mistakes in wiring wrongly. Then I attached my xbox controller s, and I wanted to know if I can broke it if I mix the wires?– Totty.jsNov 27, 2010 at 13:50
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Using a multimeter RED=ORANGE and WHITE=YELLOW on a mini usb cable I was splicing to a pc fan.– scottyabNov 27, 2014 at 9:34
There is no "always right" answer. They have to be checked. If you don't know what a multimeter is, you probably need help from someone more knowledgeable.
answered Nov 25, 2010 at 20:32
