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USB cable options: enumerate, add links, add dashboard extension option
from issue #9.

Molex connectors: add tip about ensuring connection is deep and good.
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## Installing the kinT replacement controller in your Kinesis keyboard

The easiest way is to remove the existing cable from the Kinesis keyboard, and
After replacing your existing Kinesis controller with the kinT controller, you have some options with respect to the USB cable:

1. The easiest way is to remove the existing cable from the Kinesis keyboard, and
use a regular USB cable instead (going through the existing hole in the case, no
mod required).

If you want to keep using the existing Kinesis cable, you could build the [kinX
1. If you want to keep using the existing Kinesis cable, you could build the [kinX
open hardware
hub](https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2018-04-17-kinx-usb-hub/), which uses a
compatible connector.

Another way is to cut open a USB cable and solder it onto the matching pins of
1. Another way is to cut open a USB cable and solder it onto the matching pins of
the Kinesis cable. You can confirm the pinout in the hardware design files for
the kinX hub.
the kinX hub. From issue #9, the [7-pin variant](https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/9#issuecomment-751507493) and the [9-pin variant](https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/9#issuecomment-774753427).

1. And yet one more option is to use a right angle USB dashboard extension instead of the Kinesis cable as described in [this issue #9 comment](https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/9#issuecomment-1434304973). You would then plug a regular USB cable into this extension.

## Why use the kinT instead of the older replacement board?

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![IMG_0759](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55506/91976333-0f065b80-ed21-11ea-81dc-477edfb2e9f0.jpg)

### Issue: Keys not working
If groups of keys are not responding, recheck that you've inserted cables straight and deep into each Molex connector before fully closing the connector.

See also [Example issue #16](https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/16) for
a full debugging walk-through.
![Molex Connector](check-molex-connectors.jpg)

See also [issue #16](https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/16) for
a full debugging walk-through of key issues.
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