Karl Larsen wrote:
I went shopping and hit 3 stores before Office Max, where a guy
recalled seeing one and it was there. Original price for the round IDE
cable was $14.00 reduced to $6.00. It is a Belkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Round Cable. It is in and all is working fine. The old flat cable has
been causing trouble for a week. I think I bent it in too many
directions.
I've got so many extras of those, it's not even funny...
I can mail you one or two if you send me a self-addressed/prepaid empty
package
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12-04-2007, 08:53 PM
"Tod Merley"
OT: IDE Cables are hard to find
On Dec 4, 2007 1:28 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote:
> I went shopping and hit 3 stores before Office Max, where a guy
> recalled seeing one and it was there. Original price for the round IDE
> cable was $14.00 reduced to $6.00. It is a Belkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> Round Cable. It is in and all is working fine. The old flat cable has
> been causing trouble for a week. I think I bent it in too many directions.
>
>
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Hi Karl F. Larsen!
In the Seattle area RE-PC and other PC recycling places have boxes of
these for cheap.
If you have one that is worn out sometimes you can "pop the top off"
(carefully spread the side grips and the top should pull off) and then
pull the cable out of the "insulation displacement" (usually sharp top
split tubes). After using some scissors to establish a clean end of
unused cable you can then use a vise and a couple of short pieces of
metal stock (flat metal) to press the top and cable back into place.
The connector is mostly plastic and a vise amplifies force quite well,
use a light touch.
I once rather shocked a company installer who had flown in to help us
with our new music delivery system doing this. First I found the
cable where wire 1 was connected to 50. Then I repaired it before his
eyes.
Have Fun!
Tod
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12-04-2007, 10:06 PM
Karl Larsen
OT: IDE Cables are hard to find
Tod Merley wrote:
On Dec 4, 2007 1:28 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote:
I went shopping and hit 3 stores before Office Max, where a guy
recalled seeing one and it was there. Original price for the round IDE
cable was $14.00 reduced to $6.00. It is a Belkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Round Cable. It is in and all is working fine. The old flat cable has
been causing trouble for a week. I think I bent it in too many directions.
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Hi Karl F. Larsen!
In the Seattle area RE-PC and other PC recycling places have boxes of
these for cheap.
If you have one that is worn out sometimes you can "pop the top off"
(carefully spread the side grips and the top should pull off) and then
pull the cable out of the "insulation displacement" (usually sharp top
split tubes). After using some scissors to establish a clean end of
unused cable you can then use a vise and a couple of short pieces of
metal stock (flat metal) to press the top and cable back into place.
The connector is mostly plastic and a vise amplifies force quite well,
use a light touch.
I once rather shocked a company installer who had flown in to help us
with our new music delivery system doing this. First I found the
cable where wire 1 was connected to 50. Then I repaired it before his
eyes.
Have Fun!
Tod
Hi Tod, the new round cable goes around corners better than the
ribbon cable.
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12-04-2007, 10:12 PM
David Boles
OT: IDE Cables are hard to find
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Karl Larsen wrote:
> Tod Merley wrote:
>> On Dec 4, 2007 1:28 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I went shopping and hit 3 stores before Office Max, where a guy
>>> recalled seeing one and it was there. Original price for the round IDE
>>> cable was $14.00 reduced to $6.00. It is a Belkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive
>>> Round Cable. It is in and all is working fine. The old flat cable has
>>> been causing trouble for a week. I think I bent it in too many
>>> directions.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> Linux User
>>> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
>>>
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>>>
>>
>> Hi Karl F. Larsen!
>>
>> In the Seattle area RE-PC and other PC recycling places have boxes of
>> these for cheap.
>>
>> If you have one that is worn out sometimes you can "pop the top off"
>> (carefully spread the side grips and the top should pull off) and then
>> pull the cable out of the "insulation displacement" (usually sharp top
>> split tubes). After using some scissors to establish a clean end of
>> unused cable you can then use a vise and a couple of short pieces of
>> metal stock (flat metal) to press the top and cable back into place.
>> The connector is mostly plastic and a vise amplifies force quite well,
>> use a light touch.
>>
>> I once rather shocked a company installer who had flown in to help us
>> with our new music delivery system doing this. First I found the
>> cable where wire 1 was connected to 50. Then I repaired it before his
>> eyes.
>>
>> Have Fun!
>>
>> Tod
>>
>>
> Hi Tod, the new round cable goes around corners better than the
> ribbon cable.
I will also help the air flow. Better cooling.
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12-04-2007, 10:33 PM
"Tod Merley"
OT: IDE Cables are hard to find
On Dec 4, 2007 3:06 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote:
>
> Tod Merley wrote:
> > On Dec 4, 2007 1:28 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I went shopping and hit 3 stores before Office Max, where a guy
> >> recalled seeing one and it was there. Original price for the round IDE
> >> cable was $14.00 reduced to $6.00. It is a Belkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> >> Round Cable. It is in and all is working fine. The old flat cable has
> >> been causing trouble for a week. I think I bent it in too many directions.
> >>
> >>
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> >> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
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> >>
> >
> > Hi Karl F. Larsen!
> >
> > In the Seattle area RE-PC and other PC recycling places have boxes of
> > these for cheap.
> >
> > If you have one that is worn out sometimes you can "pop the top off"
> > (carefully spread the side grips and the top should pull off) and then
> > pull the cable out of the "insulation displacement" (usually sharp top
> > split tubes). After using some scissors to establish a clean end of
> > unused cable you can then use a vise and a couple of short pieces of
> > metal stock (flat metal) to press the top and cable back into place.
> > The connector is mostly plastic and a vise amplifies force quite well,
> > use a light touch.
> >
> > I once rather shocked a company installer who had flown in to help us
> > with our new music delivery system doing this. First I found the
> > cable where wire 1 was connected to 50. Then I repaired it before his
> > eyes.
> >
> > Have Fun!
> >
> > Tod
> >
> >
> Hi Tod, the new round cable goes around corners better than the
> ribbon cable.
>
> Karl
>
>
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Hi again Karl Larsen!
Yes, round cables are a good find. I glad you caught one!
Have Fun!
Tod
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12-05-2007, 04:07 AM
Tim
OT: IDE Cables are hard to find
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 13:53 -0800, Tod Merley wrote:
> If you have one that is worn out sometimes you can "pop the top off"
> (carefully spread the side grips and the top should pull off) and then
> pull the cable out of the "insulation displacement" (usually sharp top
> split tubes). After using some scissors to establish a clean end of
> unused cable you can then use a vise and a couple of short pieces of
> metal stock (flat metal) to press the top and cable back into place.
> The connector is mostly plastic and a vise amplifies force quite well,
> use a light touch.
Though, that only fixes problems when someone's tugged the wires out of
the connector. Sometimes the connector is actually worn out. Most are
only meant for a few plugs and unplugs while building a PC, and don't
survive perpetural computer innard fiddlers.
And then there's cable breaks... I've had a cable with a strange break
in the middle of the ribbon, with no obvious signs that there would be
one at that spot. I'm guessing it was a manufacturing defect that had a
weak point there.
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