Looking for a specific cable I don't recognize

[shoryukenleague]

Hello everyone!

I'm looking for a specific cable that I don't recognize, so I don't know what to search for to buy it!

It needs to be a female connection on both ends that will fit the jack pictured here:

If you can help me out, please do and thank you very much in advance!

 

[rolli59]

May I ask what you are connecting to what? This is not a normal PC connection.

 

[shoryukenleague]

It's some kind of circuit board which connects to another circuit board for this weird video/sound thingy. I have it on good authority that it's a standard cable type of some kind. I was told it's an "8 cores flatcable(made by tinned wire)". As you can imagine, googling this information whole and in part didn't give me what I wanted.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

So it's audio equipment? Meaning not used inside a computer? If that's the case, you might be best served by going over here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-6.html and asking.

 

[rolli59]

I am afraid we will have problems finding it as well. By definition it is a circuit board cable that connects two boards together but would be best found by having the service manual over the product in question.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

I am afraid we will have problems finding it as well. By definition it is a circuit board cable that connects two boards together but would be best found by having the service manual over the product in question.

+1 That too. A service manual will be your best be, since I doubt many people can help you out not knowing the specifics of the hardware.

 

[shoryukenleague]

It does connect to a mother board, but I'll check out the other forum too.

I was hoping that someone could identify the jack by sight, hopefully someone comes along who's the wandering swordsman of this type of cable!

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Motherboard in a computer? Are both ends the same because I can't recall ever seeing a connector like that on a computer motherboard.

 

[HEXiT]

give a picture of the whole pcb. from that it shouldnt be to hard to figure out what the board does and then what cables it needs.

 

[shoryukenleague]

Yes, both ends are the same. This is not the way in which this board connects to the motherboard, this is another connection to another board.

If anyone out there recognizes this jack, please let me know and thanks for everyone's help!

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

What is the component? That would help some.

 

[s3anister]

give a picture of the whole pcb. from that it shouldnt be to hard to figure out what the board does and then what cables it needs.

This. Please do this. I might be able to help but I can't tell the purpose of the board (and thus deducing what the connector in question does) by only seeing the connector.

 

[shoryukenleague]

Unfortunately I borrowed a camera to take this picture and don't have access to it right now.

I do have a picture of the cable that I need but the person who sent it to me was unable to describe in english what it is, other than: "it is 8 cores flatcable(made by tinned wire)"

Here's the pic.

 

[s3anister]

I don't have the time yet to do heavy research into this but these cables remind me a lot of what you see inside laptops and LCD screens in terms of small form factor wiring.

You do know that you could make your own cable as long as you got the cable gauge right for each strand, right? I'd imagine old CD drive audio cables would be perfect in gauge for each strand.

 

[shoryukenleague]

Thanks!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

It reminds me of the fancontroller cables,
but if op can post any better pics or even model numbers from the board we may have a better chance of finding a solution here
Moto

 

[shoryukenleague]

One of the awesome dudes over on hackaday identified it. It's a JST XH. Here's the connector I needed.

http://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/XHP-8/455-1902-ND/923773


Thanks for all your help everyone! Problem solved!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I spent ages looking for the cable not the connector lol,
Glad you got sorted man
Moto