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03-04-2006, 10:04 AM
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Help please, HDD question
Guys I need some help, here is my gear that I'm working with
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147001 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131569 HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822135106 DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058 The problem I ran into is; When I was building my computer (first time build) I was installing the Hard drive and noticed that there is no Ribbon cable output on the HD. I was just wondering if I could just hook it up with the SATA cable and not worry about the Ribbon cable that was provided. I'm pretty confused....please help |
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03-04-2006, 10:07 AM
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Since that's an SATA drive, you want to use the thin SATA cable (one nice thing about SATA is the thin cables). The ribbon cables are for PATA, or IDE drives. Like your DVD Drive needs the ribbon cable.
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03-04-2006, 10:10 AM
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awesome...great, I also noticed that none of my stuff came with an audio cable to go from the DVD drive to the Mobo...
I would be using the on board Sound for now, I guess i need to order an audio cable http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812102107 Thanks for the help |
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03-04-2006, 10:40 AM
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I believe you only need the audio cable for older versions of Windows. With XP, you don't need it.
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03-04-2006, 10:41 AM
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IMO, you may not even need that CD-ROM audio cable at all. Most modern systems and software audio players, channel the audio straight through the IDE ribbon cable. From what ive heard, those cables were used for older players (Windows 98/95 days, I believe)
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03-04-2006, 02:34 PM
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Just make sure you have digital audio enabled in the drive's properties - then you won't need the audio cable.
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