Identify this USB cable

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2014-04
  • Aseem Kishore

    I need some help identifying a cable that I found in my house. I hope this is the right place to ask it. It said computer hardware, so a cable would count right?

    Anyway, I took a couple of pictures and hope someone can identify it. I thought it was micro USB, but that doesn't seem correct when I compared it to the pictures I saw on the web. The other end of the cable is just a regular USB that plugs into any USB port on a computer.

    Thanks in advance for the help!

    Here is the bottom part:

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    Here is the top part:

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    Here is my attempt at taking a pic of the inside:

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    • Answers
  • spuder

    That is a I-USB7 cable.

    It acts just like a normal usb cable, but the connector is shaped differently than the standard mini connector.

    It was commonly used on Pentax Cameras http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-beginners-corner-q/136826-pentax-usb-lead.html
    http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-I-USB7-Cable-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0000C4G3G

    It may also be a CB-USB7 cable which was used on Olympus cameras. However CB-USB7 were thinner if I remember correctly.
    http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/usb-download-cable-cb-usb7.html

  • BubbleMonster

    This is a very common kind of cable, I think the others have explained it, but you find it fits in camera's, nook, ps3 pad possibly. Just see if it fits, and then you'll know.


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