Frank:

If I remember correctly, IDE cables should be no longer than 18 inches.
Having twice encountered cable connection problems because the "standard"
cable seemed too short with the connectors in their "normal" position, I
found a simple solution. Simply remove the middle connector and place it in
a position where both the HD and CD can be plugged in. The only difficult
part was forcing the 40 mating pins on the connector back onto the cable. My
vise did the job. You have nothing to lose but one cable if things go
astray.

Peter Darrach

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Subject: [PCBUILD] Benefits of putting second drive on second ide controller


Some time ago I added a second hard drive to it.  My intention
at the time was to make the second drive the master on the
second ide controller, and make the cd-rom the slave on
the second controller, leaving the original drive as the master
on the first controller.

However, the cable was a little too short for this, so as an
expedient, I put the second drive as the slave on the first
controller, leaving the cd-rom in splendid isolation on the
second controller.


     Frank R.Brown
     Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews

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