John Kinkennon Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 I thought my wireless optical mouse needed a new battery. When I moved the LPC17 core I was programming the mouse stopped working completely. With a little investigation I realized the mouse worked fine with the core unplugged (USB power and connectivity). Eventually the fix was to replace a dirt-cheap USB cable with a decent, but not expensive, Belkin cable. I tore into the cheap cable and found only a foil-wrap shield without a drain wire. The foil was not connected at the computer end of the cable. Well, the moral of the story is obvious. Spend a little more for reasonable quality. In the case of these two cables the difference in sheilding was obvious from the way the better cable kept its shape when coiled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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