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P200 Junior Member Offline Viva Chile Mierda!!! Posts: 54 Santiago, Chile Gender:	[W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable 20.12.11 at 17:34:13 Hi everybody, Just a few days ago, I received a Canopus Pure 3D courtesy of Edmundoab. BUT... It doesn't have the loopcable. I was looking through Google but no results at all. DIY cable, people selling cable, NOTHING So, anybody selling spare cable for a Canopus? Sorry my english, not my native lang.
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable Reply #1 - 20.12.11 at 17:47:31 look through the forum I think I saw a thread somewhere how you can make the medusa cable yourself.
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Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable
Reply #2 - 20.12.11 at 18:24:40

ultima wrote on 20.12.11 at 17:47:31:

look through the forum I think I saw a thread somewhere how you can make the medusa cable yourself.

Really?!?! That would be fantastic news for me !

I'll look around the forum, one more time... haha

BTW, if I couuld manage to make a "DIY Medusa", I'm still open to hear offers about a "real" Medusa cable

Thanks for your fast reply Wink

EDIT: I found the Medusa Pinout on the Archive, but the connector used in the Pure3D is about 7Pins, instead of the Quantum, with 26 Pins.

Embarrassed

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Reply #3 - 21.12.11 at 19:03:10

He probably means the Quantum3D 100SB cable, which is not called the medusa cable I believe? That one does have the PS2 style connector. Not sure if it's pin compatible with the canopus though.

You can still use the card, just use either a second monitor, or plug the monitor cable in the canopus when you want to play a game.

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Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable
Reply #4 - 21.12.11 at 21:53:55

Tim wrote on 21.12.11 at 19:03:10:

He probably means the Quantum3D 100SB cable, which is not called the medusa cable I believe? That one does have the PS2 style connector. Not sure if it's pin compatible with the canopus though.

You can still use the card, just use either a second monitor, or plug the monitor cable in the canopus when you want to play a game.

Or use a monitor with VGA and DVI, use DVI for the primary card, VGA for Canopus Voodoo. Most LCD monitors made today have both VGA and DVI.

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Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable
Reply #5 - 21.12.11 at 22:09:14

RaverX wrote on 21.12.11 at 21:53:55:

Tim wrote on 21.12.11 at 19:03:10:

He probably means the Quantum3D 100SB cable, which is not called the medusa cable I believe? That one does have the PS2 style connector. Not sure if it's pin compatible with the canopus though.

You can still use the card, just use either a second monitor, or plug the monitor cable in the canopus when you want to play a game.

Or use a monitor with VGA and DVI, use DVI for the primary card, VGA for Canopus Voodoo. Most LCD monitors made today have both VGA and DVI.

Yeah, I'll try using a monitor in my house with DVI/VGA inputs.

Tried disconnecting the monitor from the primary card and then connecting to the Canopus when launched NFS3 but nothing happened. Surprisingly, made the same technique for Wizmark, and the Canopus worked OK.

It does anything to do the fact about disconnecting the cable, and not having both card connected at the same moment?

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Reply #6 - 26.12.11 at 00:04:34

P200 wrote on 21.12.11 at 22:09:14:

It does anything to do the fact about disconnecting the cable, and not having both card connected at the same moment?

There shouldn't be any problems, but disconnecting and connecting stuff while they are powered is not a good thing. For VGA it's ok, but TV Out ports can very easily be burned this way. The same goes for HDMI connections.

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Reply #7 - 26.12.11 at 14:08:09

Hi P200, I also have a Canopus Pure 3D with its loop cable. I can't part with it, but I can make a continuity test and send you an schematic to build your own cable. Just let me know if you are interested.

PS: I'm spaniard by the way, so you can PM me in spanish.

PS2: Oops, seems that Thema already posted a schematic on the other thread, so I guess you're all set now

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Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable
Reply #8 - 28.12.11 at 04:37:07

RaverX wrote on 26.12.11 at 00:04:34:

P200 wrote on 21.12.11 at 22:09:14:

It does anything to do the fact about disconnecting the cable, and not having both card connected at the same moment?

There shouldn't be any problems, but disconnecting and connecting stuff while they are powered is not a good thing. For VGA it's ok, but TV Out ports can very easily be burned this way. The same goes for HDMI connections.

Yeah, the same thing I was thinking. So, it's better to have both card connected simultaneously, not disconnect and reconnect them.

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Re: [W] Canopus Pure 3D Loopcable
Reply #9 - 28.12.11 at 04:38:48

batracio wrote on 26.12.11 at 14:08:09:

Hi P200, I also have a Canopus Pure 3D with its loop cable. I can't part with it, but I can make a continuity test and send you an schematic to build your own cable. Just let me know if you are interested.

PS: I'm spaniard by the way, so you can PM me in spanish.

PS2: Oops, seems that Thema already posted a schematic on the other thread, so I guess you're all set now

Yes, in the other thread the user Thema posted the schematic for the cable. Thanks anyway! On the other side, I don't know if I could find the proper connector in my local market. It's a regular connector or some propietary desing of Canopus?

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