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  1. January 3rd, 2003, 02:26 PM #1
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    Long IDE Cables???

    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?
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    something like this?
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    Noo-Noo, is there anything you don't have an answer for?
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    Originally posted by asm481
    Noo-Noo, is there anything you don't have an answer for?
    hehehe, funny my teachers used to say that...

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  5. January 4th, 2003, 06:48 PM #5
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    Originally posted by NooNoo
    something like this?
    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.
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  6. January 5th, 2003, 08:09 AM #6
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    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.
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  7. February 1st, 2003, 03:30 AM #7
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    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
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  8. February 18th, 2003, 07:55 AM #8
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    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...

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