The pic above is of the OEM PCB interconnect cable with the cheap production connectors that made the service industry rich from all the problems they caused.

We make replacements using the "real" Molex connectors. We use the standard .156 crimp pins since I'm in the camp of those who are opposed to using trifurcon pins on I/O, signal connections & on square post headers. We followed the herd back in the early 80's starting with power connections to pins.. especially Bally, Stern & independents using the same plans.. and over the years did not see the promised results. In fact, many times the small, narrow conductors of the tri's would burn or break off causing, more or less, the same problems. Using an ampmeter showed that the tri's actually drew a slightly higher current seemingly no better than the standard ones.

These are another item that draw comment from mostly newbies about the cost of them. I won't go into all the comments, suffice it to say that they think they are way overpriced. This one does get under my skin a little bit since the 12" cost us $28.50 to have made & is priced below that. Another of the wiring loss leaders that we pull to break even through the under a dollar items that have a markup due to being such a pain to deal with.

If you want to cut cost on these then the thing to do is supply your own labor. You can buy the materials for $14 and strip, pin & assemble yourself. I use to do it for you at no charge, but now there is simply not enough time in a week for me to supply any of the labor, the reason we have a full time harness maker.

Happy Gaming....