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Originally Posted by gunzel
I have a couple of different brands of Empia 286X based USB converters using this same connector. The cables were not compatible with each other so I suspect this is not a generic cable.
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Correct, nope, it is not the same. Many of these cables "look" the same, but are not the same. Even the ATI "clones" have different cables (as the "clones" are near clones, not 1:1 identical, hence the " " when I reference these as "clones"). All look the same, but are not the same. Each brand did their own thing, and the communication varies based on bridge/chip factors.
However, I have a cache of cables. It's not a bottomless pit, but enough to make several cable-less owners happy. Just realize these are not cheap, and will probably cost you more than the cable-less bare stick did. But that's why the bare stick is cheap -- it's essentially worthless without the cables. Overall, it'll still be a good discount vs. buying the complete card.
More and more, I also find that the OEM ATI USB extender needs to be trashed. Too flexible, too bent because of how it was initially (badly) packed in the box. I have better USB extenders now, but again only a small cache.
