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  Shaw on 18/07/2012 - 16:17

  +1

  BEWARE THAT THESE CHEAP CABLES ARE VERY PRONE TO NOT WORKING OF FALLING APART - TAKE IT FROM ME.

  Good to have just in case but not really recommended for use in a live system.

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    foobar on 18/07/2012 - 16:22

    Agreed, some of them are absolute rubbish, they make very poor connection which can cause all sorts of grief. Try to avoid if at all possible, use only as a last resort.

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    AzzaD on 18/07/2012 - 17:52

    yep literally fried one of my drives (a small electrical fire started from it), I shouldn't have risked it in hindsight

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    effgee on 18/07/2012 - 18:26

    thanks for the advice; where do you recommend getting reliable ones ?

    I did order this, but will give all the cables a good tug to check the crimps before deploying.

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  N3M3S1S on 18/07/2012 - 16:22

  +1

  IDE isn't a connector type, the connector type is called "Molex"

  Also all drives are IDE.

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    Gaz1 on 18/07/2012 - 16:24

    +3

    …except for the SATA, SCSI, SAS, ST506, etc ones….

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      N3M3S1S on 18/07/2012 - 16:26

      No, you're wrong.

      IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics.

      PATA is the correct term, to which I'm assuming you're referring as IDE.

      IDE is not a cable or connection.

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        m0nkeycheese on 18/07/2012 - 16:32

        +1

        Thats a lame excuse to neg for… Everyone knows what it is!!

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        salem on 18/07/2012 - 16:33

        +1

        @N3M3S1S
        wikipedia would like to suggest otherwise:
        "The terms "integrated drive electronics" (IDE), "enhanced IDE" and "EIDE" have come to be used interchangeably with ATA (now Parallel ATA, or PATA)."

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA

        It's certainly not a power supply plug though, like this bargain seems to be trying to suggest. Molex is indeed the term they should be looking for.

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        N3M3S1S on 18/07/2012 - 16:34

        False information as far as I'm concerned. But each to their own :)

        Feel free to rep it :)

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        fertiliser on 18/07/2012 - 17:24

        I'm going to go out on a limb and say you don't have many friends, do you N3M3S1S?

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        bogan on 18/07/2012 - 19:26

        … The Third Millenium technically started on the first day of 2001, but was welcomed a year before.

        DVD's originally stood for Digital Versatile Disc, but Digital Video Disc became popularised.

        I don't mind if you're a stickler for pedantics, but please don't tell me your negging just because of this :-)

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        N3M3S1S on 18/07/2012 - 19:57

        Ugh, just a pet peeve of mine :P

        Sure it may not be worth a neg. but at least someone has learnt the difference. (hopefully)

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        altomic on 18/07/2012 - 20:02

        N3M3S1S- you should have used "5" in stead of "S" in your name to make a really cool handle.

        see —-> N0B3515

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  chipped on 18/07/2012 - 17:53

  Can get these for free at some computer stores, MSY gave me a few freebies.