25 Oct
2012
25 Oct
'12
2:23 p.m.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Scott Quinn wrote:
Make sure all your connections are firm and good,
especially the PMI
connection over the ribbon cable.
I'd probably even take the ribbon cable off and
re-crimp it in a vise to
make sure the connections are firm.
I wouldn't recommend that. If the plastic guide is already fully seated
(as it should have been when the connector was pressed on at the factory)
then putting it in a vice is only likely to damage the connector.
Trying to re-press ribbon cables is somewhat futile anyway. If individual
IDC connections are loose, it is time to clip and replace the connector
(or build a new cable if it is an inside connector). Given the nature of
the IDC terminations used in these connectors, they are unlikely to fail
on their own and most of the failures I've seen have been with cables that
people would repeatedly unplug by pulling on the cable. In a case such as
this case no amount of re-pressing the connector is going to be able to
repair the damage done to the IDC terminations.