Storage Solutions IDE cable help

[max_ds]

Hey guys
I just ripped my friends IDE cable of his HDD. I mean the wire came out and the plug was stuck in the hdd socket . However the other end of it is fine.
Can I use it to connect a single HDD or will it cause problems?

 

[Sandy]

LOL u want to risk the drive for a 40 bucks cable? :bleh: If the cable is shorted then your drive can go kaput.

 

[max_ds]

gosh, its not my drive anyway. although i will take ur suggestion and buy a new one for him

thank you anyway

 

[Eazy]

I would suggest you buy a new cable too.... not worth the risk of having a short ciruit from the open cable.

 

[scarezebra]

Two of my IDE drives met with the same end......Buy a new cable.....I was too lazy to do that....Lemme tell u, sometimes I used to have problems getting my hard disk detected....

 

[max_ds]

One more Question
His engineer had connected his hdd and cd-rom on the same ide cable (i.e. both on primary channel)
Is this method of connecting wrong?

 

[greenhorn]

not wrong per se, but if you try to acess both together, it will be slower. on the other hand , acess would be slightly faster otherwise , esp if its a UDMA 3 or higher capable drive, cus the drive was running on an 80 conductor cable , not 40. recommended-> leave HDD on end connector of primary channel cable , connect optical drive on 2ndary cable(if possible, get 80 conductor cable for that too... wont hurt )