Where To Get A Replacement IDE Cable

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:25:53 +0100, "Mark" <wolf359PISS@dialstart.net>
wrote:

>Hi
>
>I was wondering if anyone can help with changling the IDE cables
>
>As the cables i have all have the gap between the slave and master as being
>to short. I was wonder with the IDE cable is it OK to connect the cable the
>other way round as in the connector which normal goes to the mother board
>going to the HD instaed and the connector that is normally used as the
>master going to the motherboard as if it then the cables I have will fit? If
>not does anyone know somewhere that sells replacement IDE cables which have
>a short span to the slave and a long span to the master.
>

If its the same as a PC cable yes you can turn it the other way round.
Just make sure the detent bit on the cable plug is the right way round
before you put it in the socket on the mobo & HD.
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"Kez" <kieran.obrien@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:belrek$6d2g4$1@ID-98852.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Bagpuss wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:25:53 +0100, "Mark" <wolf359PISS@dialstart.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone can help with changling the IDE cables
> >>
> >> As the cables i have all have the gap between the slave and master
> >> as being to short. I was wonder with the IDE cable is it OK to
> >> connect the cable the other way round as in the connector which
> >> normal goes to the mother board going to the HD instaed and the
> >> connector that is normally used as the master going to the
> >> motherboard as if it then the cables I have will fit? If not does
> >> anyone know somewhere that sells replacement IDE cables which have a
> >> short span to the slave and a long span to the master.
> >>
> >
> > If its the same as a PC cable yes you can turn it the other way round.
> > Just make sure the detent bit on the cable plug is the right way round
> > before you put it in the socket on the mobo & HD.
>
> if it's anything like my pc, that WON'T work.
>
> ata133 cables are cabled with one end specifically for the motherboard
(blue
> plug). may also be true of ata100 cables.
>
> no idea about the xbox cabling, though

It is true of ata-100 cables to some extent. In most PC's the drive will
just fall back to using ata-33 if the cable is back to front.


>
>

Pinko_Commie wrote:
> "Kez" <kieran.obrien@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:belrek$6d2g4$1@ID-98852.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Bagpuss wrote:
>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:25:53 +0100, "Mark"
>>> <wolf359PISS@dialstart.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if anyone can help with changling the IDE cables
>>>>
>>>> As the cables i have all have the gap between the slave and master
>>>> as being to short. I was wonder with the IDE cable is it OK to
>>>> connect the cable the other way round as in the connector which
>>>> normal goes to the mother board going to the HD instaed and the
>>>> connector that is normally used as the master going to the
>>>> motherboard as if it then the cables I have will fit? If not does
>>>> anyone know somewhere that sells replacement IDE cables which have
>>>> a short span to the slave and a long span to the master.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If its the same as a PC cable yes you can turn it the other way
>>> round. Just make sure the detent bit on the cable plug is the right
>>> way round before you put it in the socket on the mobo & HD.
>>
>> if it's anything like my pc, that WON'T work.
>>
>> ata133 cables are cabled with one end specifically for the
>> motherboard (blue plug). may also be true of ata100 cables.
>>
>> no idea about the xbox cabling, though
>
> It is true of ata-100 cables to some extent. In most PC's the drive
> will just fall back to using ata-33 if the cable is back to front.

mine didn't reccognise the drive at all, when plugging it in the wrong way
round.

i ended up buying another mobo, before realising my error! DOH!

Michael Cargill wrote:
> "Kez" <kieran.obrien@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:bem2r2$6o253$1@ID-98852.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Pinko_Commie wrote:
>>>> no idea about the xbox cabling, though
>>>
>>> It is true of ata-100 cables to some extent. In most PC's the drive
>>> will just fall back to using ata-33 if the cable is back to front.
>>
>> mine didn't reccognise the drive at all, when plugging it in the
>> wrong way round.
>>
>> i ended up buying another mobo, before realising my error! DOH!
>
> Gotta larf at that one - PEBKAC at it's best.

PEBKAC

???

Kez writes:

> PEBKAC

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

Tom

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:00:35 +0100, "Pinko_Commie"
<matt_elk@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Kez" <kieran.obrien@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>news:belrek$6d2g4$1@ID-98852.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Bagpuss wrote:
>> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:25:53 +0100, "Mark" <wolf359PISS@dialstart.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering if anyone can help with changling the IDE cables
>> >>
>> >> As the cables i have all have the gap between the slave and master
>> >> as being to short. I was wonder with the IDE cable is it OK to
>> >> connect the cable the other way round as in the connector which
>> >> normal goes to the mother board going to the HD instaed and the
>> >> connector that is normally used as the master going to the
>> >> motherboard as if it then the cables I have will fit? If not does
>> >> anyone know somewhere that sells replacement IDE cables which have a
>> >> short span to the slave and a long span to the master.
>> >>
>> >
>> > If its the same as a PC cable yes you can turn it the other way round.
>> > Just make sure the detent bit on the cable plug is the right way round
>> > before you put it in the socket on the mobo & HD.
>>
>> if it's anything like my pc, that WON'T work.
>>
>> ata133 cables are cabled with one end specifically for the motherboard
>(blue
>> plug). may also be true of ata100 cables.
>>
>> no idea about the xbox cabling, though
>
>It is true of ata-100 cables to some extent. In most PC's the drive will
>just fall back to using ata-33 if the cable is back to front.

I'm not too sure about ata-100's. I usually use ata-33 machines (work
don't buy new kit very often).
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Tom Walsh wrote:
> Kez writes:
>
>> PEBKAC
>
> Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
>
> Tom

LOL! yep, it was definitely (L)user error! ;-)

On 11 Jul 2003 16:15:33 +0100, Tom Walsh <welisc@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Kez writes:
>
>> PEBKAC
>
> Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
>
> Tom


Also known as an ID10T error


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Bingo Bongo wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2003 16:15:33 +0100, Tom Walsh <welisc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Kez writes:
>>
>>> PEBKAC
>>
>> Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
>>
>> Tom
>
>
> Also known as an ID10T error
>
>

hehehe!