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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 02:23 PM
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is it just me or has anyone else had issues with the cable causing a power surge? ive already gone through 2 laptops. It all started when I was logging one day and saw an error on my laptop saying that the was a surge of power while i was logging. Anyone else have a similar occurance?
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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I got my serial port fried but I think it has little to do with
the cable, and everything to do with the power inverter I
was running the laptop off of and the unvervoltage situation
on the truck. Underdrive pulley made it run about 10.5V at
idle, which is the cutout voltage for the inverter, and when
the IGN bounced the inverter kicked in & out and after several
of these, serial no worky.

Ground loop bad.
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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so whats the fix? new cable or what do i need to do?
thanks btw!
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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My cable was fine, the laptop got hurt, I bought a USB serial
dongle at Wal-Mart and have been using that (more "expendable").
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ive personally never had an issue...ive been using the same inverter for ~6 years
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so u think its the serial port with the issues? that is what i was using.
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