On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 10:50:01 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 11:56:50 AM UTC-4, M.Joshi wrote:

Ah, a 2009 vintage question, aged to perfection.

Does anyone know of an easy method to detect where the break might be
in the cable before I cut the other connector?

Capacitance meter. Measure the capacitance to ground for each lead at
both ends of the cable. The ratio of capcitances will give you the
location of the break. For example, if you get 15PF at one end and
40PF at the other on a 36 inch long cable, the break is at:
15 / (15+40) * 36 = 9.8 inches

s-video cables are cheap... buy a new one

Yeah, but that's too easy and not any fun. You don't learn anything
by simply replacing it.

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