Rounding ATA133 cables?

KayinStorm · 23-June-03, 09:17 PM

I make ATA33/66 cables like this all the time. Works for floppies, too. I split the plastic between either every or every other wire, and wrap them in tape-high temp tape, to be exact-like duct tape, but thinner.

I have an ATA 133 cable for my GF's new rig, which is nearing completion. I'd like to do it the same way, but is it safe? The wires are a lot smaler, and closer together. Would I need to use a razor blade to separate them with this cable?

BTW, when hers is finished, I'll post it too.

TheOutcast · 23-June-03, 09:20 PM

best method is take a paper clip and rub it back and forth between the wires... you don't end up cutting one of them that way.

HoJo · 23-June-03, 09:27 PM

A needle works well too. I would be afraid a razor blade would cut through the wires too easily.

KayinStorm · 23-June-03, 09:28 PM

So it is OK to do this to an ATA133 cable? I use a mechanical pencil with no lead. Gotta force it some, but never lost a cable.

putwig · 23-June-03, 09:30 PM

I found the cheap ATA133 cables (like you would get at London Drugs) easier to round than the ones that come with motherboards. The plastic is beefier and splits less easy.

I do exactly what Outcast said, but I use a safety pin.

Another option is to fold the cable instead of seperating the wires. Fold it so that in cross section it would look like this:

/\/\
or even
/\/\/

TheOutcast · 23-June-03, 09:35 PM

Then again, I've never rounded my own cables... I won one rounded cable from a LAN party and its annoying as hell to move out of the way of the airflow, and my other cable is hidden behind the mobo tray, only peeking out to find the ide port on the HDD and the mobo..

KayinStorm · 23-June-03, 09:37 PM

Thanks. Unfortunately, this is a mobo-supplied cable, but you think it would still work?

If it were my rig, I'd do one just for the hell of it and if it f***ed up, I would fix it. But, my girlfriend, while learning, is coming from the depths of n00bishness. She won't know a bad cable from a hole in the ground. So, ergo, I make sure it works. That's why I'm triple-checking. My peace of mind about her computer.

KayinStorm · 23-June-03, 09:57 PM

Well, since i got no "no" answers, gotta try this. I always did enjoy tape-I used to could fix anything with it...

23-June-03, 09:17 PM		#1 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Rounding ATA133 cables? I make ATA33/66 cables like this all the time. Works for floppies, too. I split the plastic between either every or every other wire, and wrap them in tape-high temp tape, to be exact-like duct tape, but thinner. I have an ATA 133 cable for my GF's new rig, which is nearing completion. I'd like to do it the same way, but is it safe? The wires are a lot smaler, and closer together. Would I need to use a razor blade to separate them with this cable? BTW, when hers is finished, I'll post it too.

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23-June-03, 09:20 PM		#2 (permalink)
TheOutcast Minnes-hoe-tan	best method is take a paper clip and rub it back and forth between the wires... you don't end up cutting one of them that way.

23-June-03, 09:27 PM		#3 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho	A needle works well too. I would be afraid a razor blade would cut through the wires too easily.

23-June-03, 09:28 PM		#4 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	So it is OK to do this to an ATA133 cable? I use a mechanical pencil with no lead. Gotta force it some, but never lost a cable.

23-June-03, 09:30 PM		#5 (permalink)
putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp	I found the cheap ATA133 cables (like you would get at London Drugs) easier to round than the ones that come with motherboards. The plastic is beefier and splits less easy. I do exactly what Outcast said, but I use a safety pin. Another option is to fold the cable instead of seperating the wires. Fold it so that in cross section it would look like this: /\/\ or even /\/\/

23-June-03, 09:35 PM		#6 (permalink)
TheOutcast Minnes-hoe-tan	Then again, I've never rounded my own cables... I won one rounded cable from a LAN party and its annoying as hell to move out of the way of the airflow, and my other cable is hidden behind the mobo tray, only peeking out to find the ide port on the HDD and the mobo..

23-June-03, 09:37 PM		#7 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Thanks. Unfortunately, this is a mobo-supplied cable, but you think it would still work? If it were my rig, I'd do one just for the hell of it and if it f***ed up, I would fix it. But, my girlfriend, while learning, is coming from the depths of n00bishness. She won't know a bad cable from a hole in the ground. So, ergo, I make sure it works. That's why I'm triple-checking. My peace of mind about her computer.

23-June-03, 09:57 PM		#8 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Well, since i got no "no" answers, gotta try this. I always did enjoy tape-I used to could fix anything with it...