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madmedic

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« on: February 22, 2009, 04:42:00 PM »

my ethernet cable that i use for xbox live is frayed and i was wondering if the small fray in the cable might make my xbox mess up  plz reply if you can tell me if it will mess up my xbox?      






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TheMuffinMan

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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 08:19:00 AM »

If bare metal is showing you have the potential to fry the port. I've fried a computer one by static electricity just by touching the end of it (the copper prongs).

Just pick up  a new one, shouldn't me more than $10 or so
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madmedic

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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2009, 04:43:00 PM »

what if i were to just like tape it with electrical tape would that work    btw my ethernet cable is around 75 feet long so it costs around like 50 bucks and i dont have the money
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Nosf3ratu

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 02:55:00 AM »

You can get a 75 footer from MonoPrice for under $10.
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TheMuffinMan

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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2009, 10:20:00 AM »

^ Pretty much sums it up.

Or you could do what I did - I bought a 1000ft of Cat 5e networking cable at Lowe's that was mispriced (I paid $15 for the whole spool) and bought two of them.

The jacks are only about 1 cent a piece and then I bought a nice crimper online for about $15.
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