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#3501979 - 01/23/12 02:30 PM SPDIF cable falling out
peppergomez Veteran Registered: 05/21/02 Posts: 13057	anyone else ever had problems with one of these cables not staying plugged in? While it does make contact, it's so loose in both my mobo (actually, two diff't mobos) and my Logitech speaker control panel that I frequently lose signal. I will buy a replacement, but wonder if some brands are better or if there's any variance in them. _________________________ Mobo ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) Memory CORSAIR XMS3 8GB DDR3 GPU 2 MSI R6970 Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB CPU Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz) Drives 2 HITACHI Deskstar 3TB 2 Crucial 256 GB SSD Displays 2 Dell Ultrasharp 2007fp 1 HP ZR30w UPS Cyberpower PP2200SW PSU Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200 1200W Case COOLER MASTER CM Storm Trooper Drive LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray CPU cooler Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe Fans COOLER MASTER SickleFlow 120 OS Windows 7 Premium
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#3502007 - 01/23/12 02:58 PM Re: SPDIF cable falling out [Re: peppergomez]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	the clip tabs do wear down, to where you feel it "click" but it only holds if there is nothing weighting it down.. i also had a cheap cable that came with one of those DVD/Surround Combo Sets, and it wouldnt stay into anything but the DVD player (like they purposely built their stuff that way.) try putting some paper/tape around the jack to make the connection snugger. (dont cover the optics though), _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3502175 - 01/23/12 06:36 PM Re: SPDIF cable falling out [Re: peppergomez]
peppergomez Veteran Registered: 05/21/02 Posts: 13057	Tried paper and tape but no joy. Think might need to just buy a new cable and hope that it stays secure. Thanks for the suggestion though. _________________________ Mobo ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) Memory CORSAIR XMS3 8GB DDR3 GPU 2 MSI R6970 Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB CPU Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz) Drives 2 HITACHI Deskstar 3TB 2 Crucial 256 GB SSD Displays 2 Dell Ultrasharp 2007fp 1 HP ZR30w UPS Cyberpower PP2200SW PSU Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200 1200W Case COOLER MASTER CM Storm Trooper Drive LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray CPU cooler Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe Fans COOLER MASTER SickleFlow 120 OS Windows 7 Premium
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#3502365 - 01/24/12 04:40 AM Re: SPDIF cable falling out [Re: peppergomez]
speedbump Hotshot Registered: 11/23/05 Posts: 6321 Loc: Edgewood TX	I've always wondered why they get by with making such a crummy, loose connector for something so essential as an audio connection. _________________________ MSI P55-GD65 with i5-750 @ 4.0Ghz vcore 1.370 Xigmatek Balder HS/2 120mm fans, Antec EW PSU EA750 750W GSKILL Ripjaws 2x4Gb DDR3 1333 One 2Tb Seagate LP, two 1.5Tb LP Seagates Gigabyte GTX 460 1Gb OC to within an inch of it's life Lite-On 24X DVD burner, LG 12X Blu-Ray burner COOLER MASTER Storm Scout Win 7 Pro 64 Lots of fans spinning with little LED lights blinking www.razzledazzleart.com http://texascbx.blogspot.com/
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#3502794 - 01/24/12 02:32 PM Re: SPDIF cable falling out [Re: peppergomez]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Makes you wonder if they make after market cable clamps, that hold the cable behind the plug. Kinda like the old centronics printer connector.
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#3503619 - 01/25/12 04:02 PM Re: SPDIF cable falling out [Re: peppergomez]
Wrecking Crew Smooth Operator Member Registered: 03/04/07 Posts: 1649 Loc: Colorado	I have the Logitech Z-5500 speaker set and got a fiber optic cable for it and it snaps in - purchased at Best Buy... no problems on either end. WC _________________________ Model: Home Built in Cooler Master Storm Scout CPU: Intel i7 950 Motherboard: EVGA X-58 Crossfire SLI Power: Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Continuous Power Memory: 12 GB OS: Windows 7 64bit Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp 30" Audio: Creative Labs X-Fi + Logitech Z-5500 / SteelSeries 7H USB Internet Connection: Century Link DSL 1.5 Down 896 Up
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