Replacing Blue Snowball USB microphone connector.

[WUKONS]

Hi there, so I broke my USB connector on my blue snowball, ordered new connector, tried to solder but wiring pissed me off so I extended them and it all works but the mic is super quiet now,

may that be because of extended wiring?! Thanks.

 

[scout_03]

why you have 6 cable on the usb connector usualy there are 4 why way it was connect before the wire extension .

 

[WUKONS]

I'm 99% sure they we're like they are now, the extra two is a minus or something:

 

[scout_03]

did you had this red cable on the screws .

 

[WUKONS]

Yea, I did, on one of random screw and it was connected to the base of that USB connector, so that makes 5 cables and the 6th came from same USB connector (see in pic, bottom connector, there's 5) and was connected to the other side of USB connector's base.

 

[scout_03]

remove it and follow the wiring as it should also made sure no wire touch the other usb pins and you did plug them where they should without interchanging there position .

 

[WUKONS]

Easy to say, but at this point your comment makes no use for me, sorry. I don't have a PDF where to check how the 4 wires we're.. before removing from old connector i marked them with marker 1,2,3,4 so that i know where was which.. later realized they sent my 90 degree connector instead of 180 degree, maybe the 4 USB wires should be connected different then? F*** knows man. We're hoping someone else in here broke the'r snowball.

 

[scout_03]

see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRcXlfc68As

 

[WUKONS]

naa mate, mine the actual snowball, looks like this dude rocking snowball iCE which has poor sound quality and overall quality.. mine was soldered not just plugged on the pins.

 

[WUKONS]

And it actually shows up as snowball under devices when i connect it the way i think is right.

 

[WUKONS]

I actually sorted my problem with the question I started this thread - Do extended wiring cause mic problems? - Yes - They do, fixed all by getting my balls in hand and soldering original short-ass wires and then gluing them back in place, but what is the most amazing thing i found out,... - There is load of types of B USB connectors .. I needed B Female 180 degree but i got 90 degree in my fkn post.. tonight after few beers i decided to rip off that metal cover of it.. and it turns out after you do that tou can move your connector pins on back (180 degree) and fit your old connector metal cover.

Lesson here - Never come to Tom's Hardware with some trash questions - and the other lesson is - Never extend wiring on USB microphones if there is a way to not extend them.

 

[WUKONS]

BTW. this can be locked now - all sorted, thanks scout_03 anyways 😉

 

[Gled]

BTW. this can be locked now - all sorted, thanks scout_03 anyways 😉

Noone cares

 

[benjaminfearnley]

Hi there, so I broke my USB connector on my blue snowball, ordered new connector, tried to solder but wiring pissed me off so I extended them and it all works but the mic is super quiet now,

may that be because of extended wiring?! Thanks.

BTW. this can be locked now - all sorted, thanks scout_03 anyways 😉

Hey there - I am dealing with this same issue - the usb connector on the back of my Blue Snowball has broken. I've got a new connector and am about to solder the wires in place from the pin header on the PCB - do you know which of the USB header pins are +5V, Grnd, D+ and D-.

Also - am confused as to why there are five header pins when USB has only four connectors - in fact, there are six wires to go to the USB B connector - one which grounds the usb socket direct to the internal metal chassis of the mic and then five to these header pins...

UPDATE OK, so I have played around with my soldering iron and a breadboard and I have figured out that the pins are (in the order they appear in my picture from left to right):

Grnd / Grnd / D+ / D- / +5V

Hope that helps someone else

 

[Emmanuelpz]

Hi there, so I broke my USB connector on my blue snowball, ordered new connector, tried to solder but wiring pissed me off so I extended them and it all works but the mic is super quiet now,

may that be because of extended wiring?! Thanks.

BTW. this can be locked now - all sorted, thanks scout_03 anyways 😉

Hey there - I am dealing with this same issue - the usb connector on the back of my Blue Snowball has broken. I've got a new connector and am about to solder the wires in place from the pin header on the PCB - do you know which of the USB header pins are +5V, Grnd, D+ and D-.

Also - am confused as to why there are five header pins when USB has only four connectors - in fact, there are six wires to go to the USB B connector - one which grounds the usb socket direct to the internal metal chassis of the mic and then five to these header pins...

UPDATE OK, so I have played around with my soldering iron and a breadboard and I have figured out that the pins are (in the order they appear in my picture from left to right):

Grnd / Grnd / D+ / D- / +5V

Hope that helps someone else

hey man, can you tell me what's the order on the actual back of female conector?