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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
USB and particularly USB 2.0 is a balanced 2 wire system with added power and ground. At the low speed (12Mbs) you can probably get away with a twisted pair from a CAT5 cable but at the higher speeds (480 Mbs) it has to be a correctly balanced and terminated cable. The discontiniuties cased by the imedance changes at the connections to the old cable (two positions) will likely cause reflections and prevent correct communication.
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Thanks heero_yuy, I think the cable i added at each end with the plugs on were the same gauge wire... but I suppose the soldering was a kind of overlap and solder rather than a but up tight solder!
Do you not think I could add an extention booster to the end if I cut it off
this? Or do you know that the soldering going to interupt the continuity.