[lug] low profile, long IDE cables?

[Alan Robertson]

D. Stimits wrote:
> Lori Reed wrote:
>> D. Stimits wrote:
>>
>>> Most of them the connector was too large to get through the slot in 
>>> the case, so I couldn't even test them...
>>
>>
>> Got jig saw?
> 
> Hehe...I would go for that if not for metal shavings. If I get desperate 
> enough, I'll remove everything from the case and cut a hole. I can't 
> believe some case manufacturers are so dumb that they make case slots 
> that can't be reached with standards-compliant cables. I guess they get 
> to advertise "X slots more than the competition", but omit the fact that 
> you can only use part of them at a time. In this situation it is also 
> partly a problem that the slots that a cable must go through to reach 
> the bays also fails to accept fatter connectors.

You can also use hole punches which leave very little in the way of 
shavings, etc.  Basically none.


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