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Replacement IDE cables
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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. |
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"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. second that "nope" : |
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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 - 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. |
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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. |
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