> On Fri, 31 May 2024 07:54:39 -0400 > ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > >> I have some really really nice looking thick and heavy duty cables, >> yet crap. You can never know. Like I said in an earlier post, some >> cables are basically designed for power. > > There even are some which are power only, no data. The pins simply > aren't wired. But one would notice this pretty quick, I think. > > Regardless, my mobileread anecdote? The bad cable? Was new, recently > out of the wrapper. Like Mark says, you can't tell by eyeball, or by > age. Brand can reflect general build quality but is no guarantee that > any given cable is going to work properly. > > >> I'm really quite surprised that the cables can be that bad. Oddly >> enough, the RPI seems to do better with USB than my desktop. > > I think it's less that they are electrically bad per se. I think it's > more about electrical noise coming off the system board, or even the > connected devices themselves especially if they have external power. > Some cables are more susceptible, or become more susceptible with use > (plugging, flexing), than others. Is my guess.
Regardless, I would blame the cable. Proper shielding is important, proper connector behavior is important. > > -- > \m/ (--) \m/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@driftwood.blu.org > https://driftwood.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@driftwood.blu.org https://driftwood.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
