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IDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question
Question about badflash.com cables

New MessageIDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question (modified 0 times) ChiaPuke
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I am picking up a Virgin Webplayer tonight and have extended future plans for it. Please keep in mind I'm new to this hobby. First, I'm going to install a 2.5" 12mm hard drive I have at home for Windows 98 use. At the same time, I want to cut a hole in the side of the case and fabricate a way to mount a ThinkPad notebook CD-ROM drive in place. My only question regarding these two items is what cable to get. I noticed badflash.com sells cables for the Webplayer but it doesn't mention if that's one connector or two and doesn't seem to have an option for a custom-made Webplayer cable (only for I-Opener which has twisted wires). Does anyone know what cable I should order and, if badflash.com has an option for custom made Webplayer, what do you think I should tell him for length, positioning of connectors, etc (like he mentions on his site, example: "Red Stripe on the bottom, 18" cable with one connection at the left end pointing up and 2 connections at the right end pointing down"). Thanks for any help!
05-08-2001 11:23:19

New MessageRE:IDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question (modified 0 times) wvgeo
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Check out this website to answer all of your questions

http://www.gothamgraphic.com/virgin/cd%20rom.htm

05-08-2001 12:26:19

New MessageRE:IDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question (modified 0 times) ChiaPuke
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Thanks a lot for the link and info! It's very helpful. So badflash.com will custom fabricate cables that will work for Webplayers? Very nice. I'll contact him.
05-08-2001 12:50:48

New MessageRE:IDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question (modified 0 times) ChiaPuke
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I do have one question, though. On your site, you say:

"Starting with the first connector, it runs 9 inches to the next connector. It should have been about 6 inches long. Continuing to the last connector it runs 13 inches. It does not need to be this long. If it were about 4 inches long, it would reach from the back of the CD-ROM to the Hard Drive."

My question is, is that saying the entire cable is 13 inches long or it's 13 inches from the second connector, plus the 9 inches from the first connector, making it a total of 22 inches?

05-08-2001 13:18:26

New MessageRE:IDE cable for CD-ROM & HDD question (modified 0 times) Dag2000
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uh, actually it's my site. The total cable length was about 22 inches as that was way more than I needed. I've clarified the language on that part of the site, so give it a fresh look.
05-09-2001 06:49:30

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