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MMZ_TimeLord · 04-17-2004, 11:14 AM

buzzby,

I shortened the drive cables by CAREFULLY taking the connectors off and moving them closer to the motherboard side connector. I left the motherboard side connector in place. If you do this you will need a small vise or "grip type clamp" to compress the connector pieces over the data cable properly.

Only one of the cables have "holes" still in it from the original middle connector, and that is on the DVD-ROM and DVD+RW drives. If it does not work, I will go buy some 80 conductor data cable and remake it.

The RAID array is now in a 0+1 arrangement. Only four drives on the yellow cables on the green connectors of the motherboard. The fifth drive at the top is spare storage and is in the second regular EIDE channel (white connector port on the motherboard)

I will be measuring, shortening/customizing the power supply connectors as well. I have the ATX power supply that got blown and so I can use the wires from it and the wires from this one for drive cables. The motherboard main and 12V connector cables are WAY too long and will simply be shortened.

04-17-2004, 11:14 AM	#198
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	buzzby, I shortened the drive cables by CAREFULLY taking the connectors off and moving them closer to the motherboard side connector. I left the motherboard side connector in place. If you do this you will need a small vise or "grip type clamp" to compress the connector pieces over the data cable properly. Only one of the cables have "holes" still in it from the original middle connector, and that is on the DVD-ROM and DVD+RW drives. If it does not work, I will go buy some 80 conductor data cable and remake it. The RAID array is now in a 0+1 arrangement. Only four drives on the yellow cables on the green connectors of the motherboard. The fifth drive at the top is spare storage and is in the second regular EIDE channel (white connector port on the motherboard) I will be measuring, shortening/customizing the power supply connectors as well. I have the ATX power supply that got blown and so I can use the wires from it and the wires from this one for drive cables. The motherboard main and 12V connector cables are WAY too long and will simply be shortened. __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!"