Recommended length for IDE cables?

EdwardK · May 22, 2003

Hello everyone,

I am looking to buy a couple of IDE cables (have not yet got Serial ATA motherboard or add-on card). I remembered reading that "bit rot" or data corrution can occur if using IDE cables beyond certain lengths (will try to find that article). What is the recommended IDE cable length you would recommend?

Thanks for all your help.
Cheers,
Edward

honold · May 22, 2003

http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=safe+ide+cable+length

honold · May 22, 2003

http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=safe+ide+cable+length

anything over 24" would not be recommended, and if your case permits 18" would be preferred

EdwardK · May 22, 2003

Thanks! Yeah, I think I remembered vaguely 18" but is not totally sure

I looked at some of the Sydney Online shops and most are selling 75cm to 100cm ones. I think this is a rip off for unsuspecting customers! :x

Thanks again for your help.

Cheers,
Edward

Bartender · May 22, 2003

EdwardK said:
Thanks! Yeah, I think I remembered vaguely 18" but is not totally sure

I looked at some of the Sydney Online shops and most are selling 75cm to 100cm ones. I think this is a rip off for unsuspecting customers! :x

Thanks again for your help.

Cheers,
Edward

Call in an order to Redhill.

zx · May 29, 2003

18" from pcguide :

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/conf.htm

Jake the Dog · May 30, 2003

Dan's always interesting spin on things: http://www.dansdata.com/rcables.htm. this time it's IDE cables...

Edited: The link was broken. If you care you can ask me about it. -Howell

Buck · May 30, 2003

Thanks for the link Dogman and thanks for the editing Howell. One thing to note in Dan's article, he says that the 8-bit bus was extended to 16-bits. It's important to note that the interface actually supports to busses, there is the 16-bit bus, plus an additional 8-bit bus. The 16-bit bus is used for accessing data.