Is the problem that the cable would be long enough if the connectors 
were in different locations?  With some cables it seems like they threw 
the middle connector at the cable and wherever it landed that's where 
they put it.

On many of the cables I have used I have moved the center 
connector--both 40 and 80 pin.  I have also built cables from scratch. 
A connector press is nice but I have done OK with a flat jawed bench 
vice.  The difficult part is removing the connector without breaking the 
locking tabs.

I get connectors from the computer swap meet or Mouser.

Ray

rvgreen{at}telusplanet.net wrote:
> Hi All experts(wink,wink)
> I have to revamp the fisical layout of my computer a little. Does it
> really matter what end of a IDE cable you plug into the motherboard?I have
> both a 18" and a 24" cable here,but in order to do what I
have to do,using
> the cable norma;ly,I would have to buy a 36" cable. But that would leave a
> lot of cable wrapped up from the mobo to the cdrom drive. Thanks for any
> advice.
> 

 

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