[lug] low profile, long IDE cables?
D. Stimits
stimits at comcast.net
Sat Sep 3 15:44:32 MDT 2005
Alan Robertson wrote:
> D. Stimits wrote:
>
>> I'm curious if anyone knows of a place to purchase longer than normal
>> IDE cables, which are also low profile? The box I have to work with
>> has small metal slots for the cable to route through. In the past the
>> cables I've found locally which are long enough were either too high
>> profile to get through the slots, or else were downright buggy. This
>> is parallel IDE on UDMA66 (yeah I know, ancient). The brands sold in
>> the chain stores like CompUSA were all failures.
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> How long do you want the cables to be? 24"?
Yeah, I think 24" is required.
> I think 18" is the normal length.
If it were a straight line to the drive this would be enough, but it is
forced around corners, and thus can't work.
> PC Club (Broomfield) shows some "limited availability" 24" cables:
> http://www.pcclub.com/product_list.cfm?cat=Cables&subcat1=SCSI%20%2F%20IDE%20%2F%20Floppy&subcat2=IDE%20drive%20cables
Any idea if these are quality cables? All past 24" cables that I tried
failed. Most of them the connector was too large to get through the slot
in the case, so I couldn't even test them...I guess I have to take the
route of buy a lot and return them if they don't work.
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> Microcenter (near tech center) shows some 18", 24" and 36" round cables.
> http://www.microcenter.com/search_results_e.phtml?coordinate_group=A4J
If these are the same as the ones from CompUSA then I already know they
won't work. I'm hoping to find some brand with a reputation for making
unusual products that have been well thought in design.
D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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