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Strange V2 SLi Cable
07.02.08 at 17:47:53
 
i have here a strange V2 SLi cable... instead of 4 twisted strands there are  7 strands twisted...

I dont remember from what V2 i got that one...

What do you think? It must be a production failure?

I stumbled over it when i wanted to test my 4 remaining Voodoo 2 for SLi Operation... With this Cable SLi doesnt work...

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Re: Strange V2 SLi Cable
Reply #1 - 07.02.08 at 20:07:44
 
Strange, ideed. I'd say that there are 4 possible explanations.

1. manufacturing error
2. that cable is not made in a factory, but by someone from a FDD cable and who made the cable made it wrong, however, by the look of the cable, it's unlikely, connectors seems to be excelent attached there
3. it's a cable for some special voodoo2, maybe some prototypes
4. it's not a V2 SLI cable, but something else

Where did you find it ?
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Reply #2 - 07.02.08 at 23:27:14
 
i got it with a voodoo 2 but i dosen't remember what brand it was...
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Reply #3 - 09.02.08 at 04:39:26
 
I wouldn't trust it..
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Reply #4 - 09.02.08 at 13:58:11
 
when i look close to it i cannot see any signs that it was handmade...
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Re: Strange V2 SLi Cable
Reply #5 - 09.02.08 at 18:39:11
 
It is a floppy cable.

Pin 1-9: Straight-through
Pin 10-16: Twisted
Pin 17-34: Straight-through

Compare it with this picture: Link
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Re: Strange V2 SLi Cable
Reply #6 - 09.02.08 at 19:09:41
 
That's a very short FDD cable, but it might be, some small systems (made by compaq, ibm, dell, etc) had such short cables inside.
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Reply #7 - 09.02.08 at 19:17:27
 
lol... so the pre-owner must gave me a wrong cable...

nevermind...

with a bit work i can "fix" it and make it to a real SLi cable, right?
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Reply #8 - 10.02.08 at 04:55:31
 
Sure. I used to make my own FROM old floppy cables.
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