I am about to solder up the serial connector on my docking cage 'cause a couple of the wires have pulled out of the docking connector, and wondered if I should actually swap out the serial cable itself as a few people have mentioned that the early Mk2s didn't have all the connections they should have in the serial connector. Is this worth doing? What connections should I add? (I think I read somewhere that the shell on the connector should have a ground added for use with laptops etc.)

I also noticed that the current cable isn't shielded, and was thinking perhaps a shielded replacement might be a good idea ....


(list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 6GB blue)