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Chewed Cables and iFixit Solutions

Meet Azul. He’s a German Shepard and the son of K9 officers retired from the San Diego Police Department. Thus his name “Azul” for blue.…

Meet Azul. He’s a German Shepard and the son of K9 officers retired from the San Diego Police Department. Thus his name “Azul” for blue. He’s smart and strong – a tough combination for a pup who from time to time mistakes an expensive computer cable for a chewing toy.  

Azul lives with the Cardoso family – who just happens to have access to a bunch of cool x-ray machines. We do live in a disposable society; but Bill just didn’t want to toss a brand new Valve Index. Luckily our good friends at iFixit have a deal with Valve to not only sell spare parts, but also to share with us some cool repair tutorials. Bill and his kids took a look at the tutorials in the hopes of resurrecting the device, but as you can see from the following x-ray image, the cable was well beyond repair…

Since the fixing path was not an option, they took the iFixit path! A new cable was purchased and the Valve Index is back in business. Here’s the link to a new cable in case your dog decides to chew it…

As for Azul, well, it will be a while before he figures out what’s safe to chew.

Also, Be sure to check out more about iFixit and their allies on how they intend to “Fix the world”.

May 26, 2023

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