Jahan said:I have recently noticed that pin 21 on the IDE interface on a Quantum
Fireball AS 30GB HD in my posession is much shorter than the other
pins. Is this normal or possibly a defect?
Thanks,
jahanjoon
I have recently noticed that pin 21 on the IDE interface
on a Quantum Fireball AS 30GB HD in my posession
is much shorter than the other pins. Is this normal
Nope.
or possibly a defect?
Rod Speed said:Yep.
Some butcher, you ? has forced the ribbon cable on
backwards. There's a missing pin 20 and a blanked off
hole in the better ribbon cables and when the cable is put
on backwards, that forces pin 21 back into the connector.
I've reported you to the RSPCPPQHDBCBs.
You'll be soorree...
sorry to dissapoint
but the pin above pin 20 is pin 19,
pin 21 is the in the next column of pins,
(pins pins everywhere)
Please be gentle,
i promise i am a first time offender
Rod Speed said:Only your rather pathetic response did that.
Duh. But with some drives its possible for a butcher to get
the connector one column over too and still bugger it like
that while attempting to force the connector on backwards.
Wrong again. They're all neatly lined up in two rows.
You werent with that poor drive,
Not a good enough excuse. Summary execution
for you due to the utter obscenity of your crime.
My futile attempt to get some proper feedback on my question
Rod Speed said:Obvious lie. Your original question about whether its
normal for that pin to be like that was answered, fool.
I also told you how that likely happened.
You wont see that pin pushed back into
the connector like that any other way.
Reams of your crap flushed where it belongs.
you'd have to be the inept fool who's attempted
to push a cable into the connector upside down,
not only is it impossible due not
only to the key slot on the connector
but also the blocked pin 20 on the cable.
in a single word:
whatever