I broke my headset cable

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The cords in 2nd picture are just extension cords, in case you want to plug the headset on the back of the computer case and it is bit farther away.

Now, as far as the broken cord is concerned, you could buy a new end plug for it and do some "Do It Yourself" tinkering to weld it to the cable end.
This might be harder since the picture does not specify if that is before or after the split to audio/microphone cables, which would make single jack pretty much useless.

or.. just fix the cable on the broken spot. Yes, it wont be as nice looking or as good as new after the fix but since the other end is permanently attached to headset, just replacing it wont be any easier either.

So.. pretty much "fix it yourself" or.. "get new headset" as...
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The cords in 2nd picture are just extension cords, in case you want to plug the headset on the back of the computer case and it is bit farther away.

Now, as far as the broken cord is concerned, you could buy a new end plug for it and do some "Do It Yourself" tinkering to weld it to the cable end.
This might be harder since the picture does not specify if that is before or after the split to audio/microphone cables, which would make single jack pretty much useless.

or.. just fix the cable on the broken spot. Yes, it wont be as nice looking or as good as new after the fix but since the other end is permanently attached to headset, just replacing it wont be any easier either.

So.. pretty much "fix it yourself" or.. "get new headset" as far as I am aware.
 
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The picture was before I separed the cords. But I'm having trouble with attaching this white string because it got a little tube and another small string into it. Its hard to explain since English is not my mothertongue. Here take a look. http://imgur.com/a/Vos5Z
 
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I would say that said tube is small coaxial cable and it is used for the microphone.
the outer part is the ground and central one is the lead.
you would need to peel back the outer layer and expose the white foam like substance, which you then carefully strip to expose the center lead.
since I think it is coaxial in nature, it should look like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable but it would just be smaller.
 
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yeah exactly it looks like that in the pic. Andbtw I stringed together all the cables. I peeled of the white plastic from both ends of the cable and stringed them together aswell. But it's still not working.

 
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Also here is another pic of what it looks like now after im done

http://imgur.com/a/4ycnB
 
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Well, if done correctly, it should at least work.
Since pictures don't make it clear, I will assume you twisted the copper strands of each cable together and put tape on top.
The problem with that method is that since the cables are quite tiny, the strands can break or get untwisted by their own.
Also, the pictures didn't make it clear either but.. the coaxial cable shielding, you attached that together too, right? since if not, mic wont work.

and then the fun part of asking, what doesn't work?
audio? left channel? right channel? microphone?

It is also possible, depending on how you broke the cable (rolled over it with a chair, got it tangled up in the wheel? that there are problems farther inside the cable from the visible break point.
 
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When I put them together like this http://imgur.com/srhQw8O and push them in eachother I can hear sound. But when I try to string them together there is no sound. So I can atleast confirm that the problem is with the wire. And btw, my mic didnt work even before the headset broke.
 
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In my opinion, that means one of the two things: either there is no connection when the leads are twisted together or the cable is also damaged near the breaking point also.
Fixing the nearby damaged point problem would be to simply cut out 5 to 10cm (or 2 to 3 inches) of the cable from each side of the breaking point and redo the connection.

Bear in mind that just twisting leads together will NOT hold for long, you would need to weld them together to get it to hold.
 
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