Home-built Computers Re: Cables!

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Re: Cables! Bill 07-20-07
Posted by Bill on July 20, 2007, 3:41 pm
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> I am about to build a new machine and have only ordered a few bits so far
> but they all seem to come without IDE cables?
>
> Can someone give me an idiots guide to what cables to order for my HD DVD
> and Floppy drives?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Graham
>

Please specify the motherboard your looking at that
doesn't include the cables you need and the case would be
helpful to give some idea of the lengths involved.

                Bill
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Posted by G on July 21, 2007, 5:30 am
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> Please specify the motherboard your looking at that
> doesn't include the cables you need and the case would be
> helpful to give some idea of the lengths involved.
>
> Bill
> --
> Gmail and Google Groups. This century's answer to AOL and
> WebTV.

Not got Mobo yet but will be Asus P5B and case I have is Antec Sonata II



Posted by Paul on July 21, 2007, 5:49 am
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G wrote:
>> Please specify the motherboard your looking at that
>> doesn't include the cables you need and the case would be
>> helpful to give some idea of the lengths involved.
>>
>> Bill
>> --
>> Gmail and Google Groups. This century's answer to AOL and
>> WebTV.
>
> Not got Mobo yet but will be Asus P5B and case I have is Antec Sonata II
>

The P5B manual says for box contents:

One UltraDMA 133/100/66 ribbon cable
One floppy disk cable

The ribbon cable for IDE would be an 80 wire type, based
on its support of UltraDMA 133. Since there is only
one IDE connector on the motherboard, you are all set.
The IDE connector is supported by the Jmicron chip JMB363.

Paul


Posted by G on July 21, 2007, 6:22 am
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>G wrote:
>>> Please specify the motherboard your looking at that
>>> doesn't include the cables you need and the case would be
>>> helpful to give some idea of the lengths involved.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>> --
>>> Gmail and Google Groups. This century's answer to AOL and
>>> WebTV.
>>
>> Not got Mobo yet but will be Asus P5B and case I have is Antec Sonata II
>
> The P5B manual says for box contents:
>
> One UltraDMA 133/100/66 ribbon cable
> One floppy disk cable
>
> The ribbon cable for IDE would be an 80 wire type, based
> on its support of UltraDMA 133. Since there is only
> one IDE connector on the motherboard, you are all set.
> The IDE connector is supported by the Jmicron chip JMB363.
>
> Paul
>

Thanks Paul I am planning on buying a Seagate 7200 Sata II/300 HD, do I need
a special cable for that?



Posted by Paul on July 21, 2007, 6:35 am
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G wrote:
>> G wrote:
>>>> Please specify the motherboard your looking at that
>>>> doesn't include the cables you need and the case would be
>>>> helpful to give some idea of the lengths involved.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>> --
>>>> Gmail and Google Groups. This century's answer to AOL and
>>>> WebTV.
>>> Not got Mobo yet but will be Asus P5B and case I have is Antec Sonata II
>> The P5B manual says for box contents:
>>
>> One UltraDMA 133/100/66 ribbon cable
>> One floppy disk cable
>>
>> The ribbon cable for IDE would be an 80 wire type, based
>> on its support of UltraDMA 133. Since there is only
>> one IDE connector on the motherboard, you are all set.
>> The IDE connector is supported by the Jmicron chip JMB363.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> Thanks Paul I am planning on buying a Seagate 7200 Sata II/300 HD, do I need
> a special cable for that?
>
>

The box contents also list two SATA cables. Be careful not to pinch or
bend them. One of those should suffice for your SATA II drive.

For downloads, the Asus link for that is:

http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download.aspx

The user manual is:

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5B/e2620_p5b.pdf

HTH,
Paul

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