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davepoet
January 3rd, 2003, 01:26 PM
I am searching to find out if there are Longer IDE Cables. I recently installed an MSI KT4V board that has its 2 IDE connectors where most boards have the IDE Raid connectors.

The problem is that I use a full size case. So with2CD Rom drives in a full size case, a standard IDE cable is about 2" too short. So I can only connect one CD Rom Drive.

I need an IDE cable that is longer between the secondary connector plug and the board connector plug.

Any ideas?
NooNoo
January 3rd, 2003, 01:38 PM
something like this? (http://www.trianglecables.com/48inide40pin.html)
asm481
January 3rd, 2003, 05:38 PM
Noo-Noo, is there anything you don't have an answer for?
NooNoo
January 3rd, 2003, 05:45 PM
Originally posted by asm481
Noo-Noo, is there anything you don't have an answer for?

hehehe, funny my teachers used to say that...

BTW welcome to chat, you left before I could clarify to you that asm is a chatroom op, and the others may have been confused as to why you did not get automatically opped.... comeback anytime!
davepoet
January 4th, 2003, 05:48 PM
Originally posted by NooNoo
something like this? (http://www.trianglecables.com/48inide40pin.html)

NooNoo,

Thanks. Something exactly like that. I actually found the same cable at my local PC Club store that they just got in today. Should work just fine.

Question though (since you appearantly have all the answers): They did tell me not to plug it in for hard drives which I wasnt going to anyways. What is the reasoning for this? I have heard this before from Promise Technologies when one of their RAID controllers died on me a year ago. They asked if I was using longer cables because they wanted to say it was the cables, not the card that caused the data loss.

Just curious.
NooNoo
January 5th, 2003, 07:09 AM
The longer the cable the greater the attenuation.. that goes for anything. Therefore any data can degrade along the length of a cable.

The techinicalities of how that affects hard drives I don't know.
constructor
February 1st, 2003, 02:30 AM
General rule of thumb seems to be no longer than 50cm for hard drives.
Have not had trouble with 60cm ribbons on a hard drive so far
Speed Racer
February 18th, 2003, 06:55 AM
I have used these Vantec silver shielded cables but have not gone over 24" long. Don't know if those 36" inch cables are a good idea or not. I am presently trying to figure that one out...

http://www.pc-pitstop.com/rounded_cables/