[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] I reversed the cable
Dick Miller
TheMillers at millermicro.com
Sat May 23 14:40:23 PDT 2020
Congratulations on the excellent theoretical analysis!
Although I'm also a physicist, I tried the engineering alternative; that
is, I TRIED it. By reversing that cable, my camera has been greatly
improved!
Cheers from
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On 5/23/20 3:42 PM, S Ou wrote:
> I thought someone was going to explain how Maxwell's equations
> image.png
> would be the obvious explanation of how the electrons interact among
> themselves and form a logjam as one end of the cable, and since
> electrons repel among themselves, prevent the video and audio signals
> from passing through, and when you reverse the cable, all those
> "stuck" electrons would freely flow back away from the end - think of
> it as backflushing a filter, right? that combined with the nearness
> of the moon in the last cycle threw the electromagnetic spectrum all
> of our whack, positron tangled on anti-electron wise, which made it
> impossible for the video to pass along as one might expect in a
> simplistic sense. A diagram would explain it nicely but I can't draw
> in four dimensions with three sets of simultaneous perpendicular
> electric and magnetic fields, so a vague hand waving will have to do.
> Is it spring outside? I'm going for a walk!
>
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:25 PM Paul Garmon <paul.garmon at gmail.com
> <mailto:paul.garmon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yay! [inexpensive & quick] Successful outcomes are nice.
>
> I am glad someone else suggested reversing the cable too! Of
> course, that doesn't work for some cables, e.g. USB A to B. So,
> glad that the regular HDMI cables are symmetrical. This likely
> works for the same reason just removing boards from a computer
> (when they had them ;) and putting them back would often fix
> things. Having gold or silver plating sometimes helps avoid this.
> Otherwise, connections oxidize over time and erode the quality of
> the connection. Sometimes just pulling out the cable and putting
> it back works, but I like swapping the ends (if they are the
> same), because every connector is a tiny bit different in where it
> bites. Not that cables can't go bad if a wire breaks (or almost
> breaks), but that's rarer unless the cable is being handled or
> flexed a lot (or chewed on by your favorite pet ;).
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 12:30 PM Paul Lewis <jeplewis at gmail.com
> <mailto:jeplewis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Would anyone care to explain WHY that worked.
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 6:01 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net
> <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Two people told me to reverse the cable.
>
> I found that hard to fathom, but they are smart people so
> I did it.
>
> VOILA!!
>
> The problem appears to be solved. I got two quick
> flickers over an hour of testing but otherwise all seems good.
>
>
>
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