Ok well I'm a little more complacent now, I ripped off that hot glue and took a pair of plyers and really cranked down on the connectors and it's transferred about 4 gigs fine now. A far cry from the 50 gigs I have to transfer, but it's progress If it tolds out till I get my cable I'll be happy. If it wasn't for the shortness of the cable, I would buy a replacement somewhere around here. I just don't think I could find a feasible/quality replacement easily.