Replacement IDE cables
 

Alan wrote:
To try and resolve repeated random problems, I have been advised by
the hard drive manufacturer to replace the Primary IDE cable. The
existing cable supplied with the motherboard is a 80-conductor ribbon
cable for UltraDMA/66/100/133 so technically I do believe I have the
right one fitted. The main drive is the Master and there is a smaller
drive (lower spec.) as the Slave. However, I thought I would treat
myself to one of the round ones from Belkin via EBuyer to improve the
cooling as well. As I am going to order one on-line I thought I would
order two to replace the Secondary IDE cable as well which has the CD
Burner and DVD player. I know the Secondary IDE cable does not have
to be the same high specification but will it create any problems if
I in fact I do install the high speed cable?
Alan

Nope.

Replacement IDE cables
 

"mdp" wrote in message
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Alan wrote:
To try and resolve repeated random problems, I have been advised by
the hard drive manufacturer to replace the Primary IDE cable. The
existing cable supplied with the motherboard is a 80-conductor ribbon
cable for UltraDMA/66/100/133 so technically I do believe I have the
right one fitted. The main drive is the Master and there is a smaller
drive (lower spec.) as the Slave. However, I thought I would treat
myself to one of the round ones from Belkin via EBuyer to improve the
cooling as well. As I am going to order one on-line I thought I would
order two to replace the Secondary IDE cable as well which has the CD
Burner and DVD player. I know the Secondary IDE cable does not have
to be the same high specification but will it create any problems if
I in fact I do install the high speed cable?
Alan

Nope.


second that "nope" :

Replacement IDE cables
 

better than nope, later replacing the drives on those cables with something
faster means its a VG idea, DVD burner jumps to mind
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"mdp" wrote in message
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Alan wrote:
To try and resolve repeated random problems, I have been advised by
the hard drive manufacturer to replace the Primary IDE cable. The
existing cable supplied with the motherboard is a 80-conductor ribbon
cable for UltraDMA/66/100/133 so technically I do believe I have the
right one fitted. The main drive is the Master and there is a smaller
drive (lower spec.) as the Slave. However, I thought I would treat
myself to one of the round ones from Belkin via EBuyer to improve the
cooling as well. As I am going to order one on-line I thought I would
order two to replace the Secondary IDE cable as well which has the CD
Burner and DVD player. I know the Secondary IDE cable does not have
to be the same high specification but will it create any problems if
I in fact I do install the high speed cable?
Alan

Nope.

Replacement IDE cables
 

Thanks all for responding.
Alan
"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
better than nope, later replacing the drives on those cables with
something
faster means its a VG idea, DVD burner jumps to mind
-
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"mdp" wrote in message
...
Alan wrote:
To try and resolve repeated random problems, I have been advised by
the hard drive manufacturer to replace the Primary IDE cable. The
existing cable supplied with the motherboard is a 80-conductor ribbon
cable for UltraDMA/66/100/133 so technically I do believe I have the
right one fitted. The main drive is the Master and there is a smaller
drive (lower spec.) as the Slave. However, I thought I would treat
myself to one of the round ones from Belkin via EBuyer to improve the
cooling as well. As I am going to order one on-line I thought I would
order two to replace the Secondary IDE cable as well which has the CD
Burner and DVD player. I know the Secondary IDE cable does not have
to be the same high specification but will it create any problems if
I in fact I do install the high speed cable?
Alan

Nope.