sound blaster platinum extend the ide cable

**dim-8** · 07-27-2004, 11:49 PM

has anyone tried to extend the ide cable from the sound card to the 5 1/4 drive bay controller? i'm planning on extending it from the trunk to my glove box (@10') and i was wondering if anyone else has tried this yet?

**Xtreme2k2** · 07-28-2004, 03:20 PM

a 10' IDE cable?!

**Rob Withey** · 07-28-2004, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by dim-8

has anyone tried to extend the ide cable from the sound card to the 5 1/4 drive bay controller? i'm planning on extending it from the trunk to my glove box (@10') and i was wondering if anyone else has tried this yet?

Lots of people have tried long IDE cables, with mixed results, mostly unsuccessful.

**dim-8** · 08-03-2004, 05:10 PM

well?

**slushieken** · 08-03-2004, 05:19 PM

http://www.dansdata.com/rcables.htm

18 inches. If you want to read it for yourself right off the spec sheets you will probably have to do a bit more searching.

Google is your friend.

**slushieken** · 08-03-2004, 05:20 PM

I would say you could possibly risk up to double the spec, but surely not a full 10 feet.

**Skorpion** · 08-03-2004, 08:45 PM

well, remember that it wouldn't work if it was actually running an IDE device, but since its just running the front drive slot, its probably worth a shot.

**jcdillin** · 08-03-2004, 08:55 PM

I have made it 4 feet with a cdrom and it was still kinda off.

**DarquePervert** · 08-04-2004, 09:19 AM

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Carry on.

**Confused** · 08-04-2004, 09:41 AM

No, you've all got it wrong, he's not trying to put a cd/dvd drive at the front of the car. Skorpion is the only one so far who is right, and who has picked up on what the dim-8 wants to do.

He is wanting to move the front panel from a Sound Blaster Platinum to the front of the car.

All this does is provide analogue/digital connections to the sound card from the front panel. It doesn't take IDE signals, but it uses (what is basically) a 40 pin IDE cable.

Therefore, it should be worth a shot to get it working, if not, it's not going to cause any damage.

Oh, and everyone else, for the record, there are a couple of people here who have used 15 FOOT IDE cables with CD/DVD drives, and they have worked (i'm not saying this is true for everyone who tries, but it has worked for some people)

Garry