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Just bought a 24" rounded ATA-133 cable--a mistake? Two mistakes?
The parts for my new PC are coming in. I already have the Lian Li
PC-75 server case and the Abit IC7-G motherboard. I ordered a 24" ATA-133 Rounded UV Reactive cable for my DVD-ROM from frozenpcu.com without really thinking about it. Only later did I realize that 18" is the longest recommended length for ATA. On top of that, a rounded ribbon can't really help things as far as signal integrity. If anyone here has any experience with these kinds of non-standard cables I'd like to hear about it. In my large case, an 18" cable would be, well, a stretch. Thanks! |
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I don't know about a max length for IDE cables but, I would assume they
wouldn't sell a cable that wouldn't work. As far as signal integrity goes, the purpose of a round cable is to help air flow in your case and, with a cable like yours, if you use a black light inside the case they glow and are REALLY cool. |
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"R. Anton Rave" wrote:
A flat 80-wire cable rolled up round is probably at least as good as the typical 80-wire cable made from loose conductors simply bundled together because each signal wire is more likely going to be adjacent to ground wires than signal wires. But flat is still better since it virtually guarantees that no 2 signal wires are adjacent, but best of all is twisted-pair, which can easily be 36" long for ATA133... All the "round" IDE/ATA cables that I've seen are 80- conductor cables with each signal wire paired with and twisted with a ground wire. They are not simply "bunched together". *TimDaniels* |
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