[bimmerphile]

So I've been having problems with my superdrive, and today, when i'm cleaning up the cables from my Radeon 9800 Pro install, I notice a 1/4" slit in the ribbon cable, where one of the threads is gone. Entirely.

I'd post a pic, but my digicam is out at olympus right now for repair. it's about 1" up from the plug that plugs into the motherboard, about 4 or 5 wires over from the left side if looking at the back of the plug.

Please tell me this isn't normal.

Cheers,

Kris Olson

[Misanthrope]

There's a piece of a single thread in the cable totally missing?

Can you look at it closer for any signs of burning? I once had that happen to a ribbon cable, a piece of it just turned to ash. Bizarre indeed.

[rjenkinson]

no, holes in cables is not normal.

-r.

[Ruthless]

Umm -- that would be called a "Cable Select IDE Cable"

I think Apple has been using them for some time - I know my Power Mac MDD uses them. It's normal for a CS cable to have that "notch" in it to determine on the chain which device is master and which is slave.

Originally posted by bimmerphile:
So I've been having problems with my superdrive, and today, when i'm cleaning up the cables from my Radeon 9800 Pro install, I notice a 1/4" slit in the ribbon cable, where one of the threads is gone. Entirely.

I'd post a pic, but my digicam is out at olympus right now for repair. it's about 1" up from the plug that plugs into the motherboard, about 4 or 5 wires over from the left side if looking at the back of the plug.

Please tell me this isn't normal.

Cheers,

Kris Olson

[fizzlemynizzle]

It's supposed to be there. That pin is nonfunctional.

[bimmerphile]

Thanks guys.

Apple confirmed the hole is normal. Cable Select, as you said.

What was that, rjenkinson? Just playin

[rjenkinson]

Originally posted by bimmerphile:
Thanks guys.

Apple confirmed the hole is normal. Cable Select, as you said.

What was that, rjenkinson? Just playin

just a general statement... just like holes in your roof is not normal.

-r.