Can Cdrom or Floppy cable be used as HD??

[dannylu88]

i was wondering if the cables for the floppy and the cdrom can be used to connect my ide hd ... because i dont have a floppy and i only have use for one of my cdroms



thanks

 

[Mir96TA]

you need 40 pin Cable for IDE/CDROM. They are interchangeable
how ever FLoppy is 20 pin cable only cannot be used as an IDE cable

 

[Crystallas]

Floppy cables and cdrom cables are diffrent. CDroms use ata cables, which work fine with ide drives. Floppy cables are smaller, and the pin sequence is in a diffrent order.

 

[ismay]

Floppy cable -- definitely not; different pin layout
CD drive cable -- the connector will fit, but the cable may not work if it's the stndard 40 strand/40 pin IDE cable and your hard drive requies the ATA 133 compliant (80-strand, 40-pin) cable.

HTH

 

[dannylu88]

thanks alot guys for the quick replies

 

[markkleb]

if the cable going to ur cdrom is 80 pin you can connect a hdd to it.

U connect the hdd to the end plug and the cdrom to the middle one and the mobo to the end(usually blue)

Make sure you set the cdrom to slave.

If its a OLD hdd(ata66) u can use a 40 pin cable.

The diff between 40 pin and 80 pin is the 80 pin has fine wires(80) and the 40 has only 40. The plugs are the same. Most cdroms and dvd's etc use the 40 because they are ata33 or 66 and the 80 pin cables are more money.