Extender

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Where can I get a 6" IDE drive cable extender (male on one end,
female on the other)?

I want to add a second drive and the drive mounts are further
than 6" apart (the normal spacing).

Thanks.

Jack
 
J. Yazel said:
Where can I get a 6" IDE drive cable extender (male on one end,
female on the other)?

I want to add a second drive and the drive mounts are further
than 6" apart (the normal spacing).
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If the first drive is close to the mobo you can turn the cable around.
 
Extenders for ide cables are not common. However, longer cables are
very common. You can add a connector to a long one easily.
 
You could make your own...... And if you're REALLY cheap, just unsolder a
connector from an old IDE drive that you don't use.....and wire that
up......lol....... I used one of those connectors on a project of my own
(non hard drive, actually it was for an external paralell driven LCD.....but
the ide cable seemed to be a good fit)

Nic
 
Where can I get a 6" IDE drive cable extender (male on one end,
female on the other)?
I want to add a second drive and the drive mounts are further
than 6" apart (the normal spacing).
Thanks.
Jack
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Thanks for the various suggestions.

Also, if anybody thinks about using a "pinch-on" connector,
I don't like them. Bad results.

Jack
 
J. Yazel said:
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It's not. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Some places should stock longer cables. I guess you're gonna have to do some
searching.

I have various cables here with differing distances between
connectors/lengths but I doubt that's any use to you. They're all 40 wire
and I'm in NZ. I actually have an IDE cable with about 5 connectors on it.
LOL, I've got a box full of IDE cables.
 
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