Comments on: Firewire: Don’t Plug It In Backwards! http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/ If there's no other explanation, it must be art. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Paul Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:27:23 +0000 http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/#comment-476 The connector is designed to be keyed. It has a tombstone shape that should be impossible to plug in backwards. However, the usual implementation is sloppy and made of extremely thin sheet metal. With just a little force, it's very possible to plug it in backwards. I am not certain that's what I did, but it seems likely. I was rewiring things, working under the bench where I couldn't really see what I was doing. There was a ty-wrap in the way and I might have applied excess force to push the ty-wrap aside. The connector is designed to be keyed. It has a tombstone shape that should be impossible to plug in backwards. However, the usual implementation is sloppy and made of extremely thin sheet metal. With just a little force, it’s very possible to plug it in backwards.

I am not certain that’s what I did, but it seems likely. I was rewiring things, working under the bench where I couldn’t really see what I was doing. There was a ty-wrap in the way and I might have applied excess force to push the ty-wrap aside.

]]> By: William http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/comment-page-1/#comment-473 William Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:36:25 +0000 http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/#comment-473 I've not used FireWire. Did you plug the cable in backwards? Are the connectors poorly enough designed that you can do that? Ugh! I’ve not used FireWire. Did you plug the cable in backwards? Are the connectors poorly enough designed that you can do that? Ugh!

]]> By: Ellen http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Ellen Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.mustbeart.com/wp/2006/11/19/firewire-dont-plug-it-in-backwards/#comment-333 Yikes! Yikes!

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