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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1522483" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>The data part of the cable is a standard 40 pin IDE cable. This can be bought for a couple of dollars. A PC repair shop etc may even just give you one if you ask. I used to end up with loads when building PCs because every mainboard came with a couple. If it wasn't so expensive to send stuff to the US (I'm guessing that's where you are) I'd send you one.</p><p></p><p>The clash between IDE and SATA, especially when using a converter is down to the jumpers on the back of the drives. When dealing with 'true' sata cables/connections it's not really an issues but with IDE the position on the cable and the jumper setting is all important. The IDE drive you have 'disappears' because the new ide/sata connection is likely using the same interrupt/address as your existing drive.</p><p></p><p>You'll need to change the jumpers on the rear of the optical drives.</p><p>Change the one at the end of the cable to Master (black connector). Set the other to slave (grey connector).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1522483, member: 38928"] The data part of the cable is a standard 40 pin IDE cable. This can be bought for a couple of dollars. A PC repair shop etc may even just give you one if you ask. I used to end up with loads when building PCs because every mainboard came with a couple. If it wasn't so expensive to send stuff to the US (I'm guessing that's where you are) I'd send you one. The clash between IDE and SATA, especially when using a converter is down to the jumpers on the back of the drives. When dealing with 'true' sata cables/connections it's not really an issues but with IDE the position on the cable and the jumper setting is all important. The IDE drive you have 'disappears' because the new ide/sata connection is likely using the same interrupt/address as your existing drive. You'll need to change the jumpers on the rear of the optical drives. Change the one at the end of the cable to Master (black connector). Set the other to slave (grey connector). [/QUOTE]
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