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Title: Smells like cheap mice...
Post by: the_antithesis on August 26, 2023, 04:41:56 PM
So, I dug out an old mouse and might use it for something, might not. But the USB cable is a little flakey. It's a cheap portable "laptop" mouse, so the cable it whisper thin for some reason. No biggie. I'll just remove this cable and replace it with a cheap USB cable from 7-Eleven. But I open it up and instead of V D- D+ G like you'd expect, I see this:

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CDGV? What the hell is that?

So I search around and had a hard time finding the answer because google sucks now. But I did find a page telling you how to hook up a USB device to a PS/2 plug (which only works if the device supports both. So this is probably an old mouse pcb design that has long since been updated from PS/2 (Data, Clock, Ground, Voltage) to USB (Voltage, Data -, Data +, Ground) but they didn't bother updating the silk screen. So, a multimeter will be the best practice.
Title: Re: Smells like cheap mice...
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on August 26, 2023, 05:07:20 PM
Have you tried sacrificing a goat to it?
Title: Re: Smells like cheap mice...
Post by: Unbeliever on August 26, 2023, 08:05:41 PM
Does it have to be a virgin goat?
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Title: Re: Smells like cheap mice...
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on August 26, 2023, 08:10:41 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on August 26, 2023, 08:05:41 PMDoes it have to be a virgin goat?
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Not if you get it in Arkansas.
Title: Re: Smells like cheap mice...
Post by: the_antithesis on August 26, 2023, 09:22:49 PM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 26, 2023, 08:10:41 PMNot if you get it in Arkansas.

You and your imaginary Arkansawyer virgin goats.