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    Do I need a special ATA cable for DVD-ROM?

    Hello everyone. I just installed a Pioneer DVD-115 dvd-rom using a normal 40 conductor IDE cable. It works fine but I'm wondering if should be using an 80 conductor ATA/66/100 cable instead. I would normally check dejanews but they're down at the moment after having been bought up by Google...
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    IrDA Modules

    Pardon my ignorance but almost every motherboard I've seen has a connector for an IrDA module. But where do I buy such a module? The only one I know of is the Asus IRM-100 with a 5 pin connector, but I cannot find anybody that sells it, not on the web, not locally, and not from the three...