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Title: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: Hoagie_one on May 31, 2008, 06:38:26 pm

Preferably something thats only a few inches long.  Anyone have one or the ability to make me one?

Thanks

Mike

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: SirPeale on May 31, 2008, 06:44:33 pm

What's the application?

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: Hoagie_one on May 31, 2008, 06:55:47 pm

trying to make a harddrive fit into my PS2.

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: ablizno on May 31, 2008, 07:18:47 pm

Here is the cheapest i could find

http://www.southernhillscomputer.com/ide40idsmato.html

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 31, 2008, 07:20:48 pm

EDIT: Great minds....
This is 12", so a little longer than you wanted, but I was looking for the same thing today (not for the same purpose, however).

http://www.southernhillscomputer.com/ide40idsmato.html (http://www.southernhillscomputer.com/ide40idsmato.html)

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: BASS! on May 31, 2008, 09:45:43 pm

I have a better option. Just mod the hard drive adapter, and move the IDE port over. Thats what I do. tools needed

Dremel
tin snips
screw driver set
zip ties
hot glue

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: MonMotha on May 31, 2008, 10:39:01 pm

Or just get a hard drive that fits directly onto the network adapter without modifications.  Pretty much anything OTHER THAN Western Digital seems to work.  Seagate/Maxtor (now the same company, but they are keeping the brands separate) are pretty much guaranteed to fit.

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 31, 2008, 11:02:02 pm

Quote from: uprightbass360 on May 31, 2008, 09:45:43 pm

I have a better option. Just mod the hard drive adapter, and move the IDE port over. Thats what I do. tools needed

Dremel
tin snips
screw driver set
zip ties
hot glue

I did mine as well, but I just busted it all to hell until it fit. Those were the PRE-BYOAC days...before I thought things through better....

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 31, 2008, 11:03:03 pm

Quote from: MonMotha on May 31, 2008, 10:39:01 pm

Or just get a hard drive that fits directly onto the network adapter without modifications.  Pretty much anything OTHER THAN Western Digital seems to work.  Seagate/Maxtor (now the same company, but they are keeping the brands separate) are pretty much guaranteed to fit.

I'm using a WD in mine, just with the network adapter modded to fit it.

Title: Re: Looking for a Male to Female IDE Ribbon
Post by: BASS! on June 01, 2008, 01:37:15 am

Quote from: GinsuVictim on May 31, 2008, 11:02:02 pm

Quote from: uprightbass360 on May 31, 2008, 09:45:43 pm

I have a better option. Just mod the hard drive adapter, and move the IDE port over. Thats what I do. tools needed

Dremel
tin snips
screw driver set
zip ties
hot glue

I did mine as well, but I just busted it all to hell until it fit. Those were the PRE-BYOAC days...before I thought things through better....

Yeah, its funny thinking back to those days:-)