Best method to get rid of a mess of cables?

[slvrbullet]

Can you also round ATA 100 cables and Ultra SCSI cables. It would really clean up my system if I could do this.

 

[whalen]

I'm pretty sure that ATA 66 and ATA 100 cables are the same....but I could be wrong.

 

[cautery]

You can round ATA66/100 cables if done carefully and properly.... It's BEST to make sure you split them in even numbers to insure that at least one ground wire is adjacent to each signal wire to maintain sig integrity. Of curse, the BEST way is to make a custom length ATA66/100 cable, but the connector sets are hard to find. That way, you can put shrink tubing around the cable prior to crimping the IDC connectors in place (changing the overall length spec, or interconnector spec is NOT supported by the standard, but USUALLY doesn't cause any probs.

To simplify the SCSI question....

ANY SCSI cable using 50-conductor wire is roundable.
SCSI cables using 68-conductor wire can USUALLY be rounded, though ot is more critical to check the sig pinout to make sure you split in the optimal places to insure that certain sig wires aren't put together without a ground adjacent.

ULTRA-2 and Ultra-3 SCSI requires special 68-wire TWISTED PAIR wire. Rounding these is POSSIBLE, but in my experience, unless you have al the specs, and the right raw cable stock, you are asking for trouble when you really load up the bus....

As in the ATA66/100 case, deviation from the spec for length, interconnector distance, stub length, and terminator placement MAY/WILL cause a degradation in performance.

Hope this helps,


PS - I have had a TON of experience making custom cables....

 

[shiznut123]

i dont have long fingernails though

 

[Zipperhead]

heres how to do it!here

 

[Laz]

Zipperhead, now that's what I call a "neat" case, I see we've been visiting the same webpages (SCSI cable routing).

 

[Tateman1]

Nice job on that one Zipperhead!


shiznut123 I don't have long nails either, but it wasn't hard to pull them apart.

 

[oreoafk]

COOL ZIPPER!!

 

[jaeger66]

Does anyone sell very short ATA 66/100 cables? Like 6 inches or so? I've seen them only in prebuilt systems.

 

[TDon]

Damn Zipperhead, that is one nice job!!!

TD

 

[ericd]

What case is that Zipperhead, I wanted to do that but the convenient holes aren't there in my SX1030

Eric

 

[Bignate603]

I found a place to stick all my cables from my enermax power supply, behind the 3 1/2 drive cage. You guys in a full tower may like the cable lengeth but i have a mid. Those cables are death. I use zip ties to run them down the side of the drive cage then had it run behind the 3 1/2 cage. Really cleaned out around my processor.

 

[Viperoni]

Bows to Zipperhead.
BTW: What kinda scsi card is that?
Fireport dually or an adaptec 3940?

 

[Zipperhead]

no visiting of web pages....this is all my own ideas.as far as the scsi card
it is an adaptec 29160.here are a few more pics.more pics


p.s. thanks people

 

[Laz]

I can't tell from your pictures, but do the cables run behind the MB or right through the tray and out the other side? Mine are running through, but man what a nightmare cutting through that MB tray. I believe someone on this or the AGN forum was using flat conduits to route SCSI cables behind the MB (that's where I got the idea from). That's one incredible job on that rig though, my compliments on your workmanship and ingenuity.

 

[Zipperhead]

yes, they are through the m.b. tray.actually under it,i notched out what i needed using a dremel-what a pain in the $ss.


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