Wow, this is stupid... Or maybe I'm stupid.

[RbSX]

hey guys,

I'm putting this computer together for an employee of my dads (so don't pester me with "Don't build systems for other people"). Anyways, I'm going to go install Windows XP when I realize, I don't have a secondary IDE cable to hook up to the DVD/CD-RW Burner.

Is this normal? Or was I screwed out of a cable?

Thanks,

Ryan

 

[amdskip]

Motherboard's usually don't come with one, the drive sould have if it's retail, oem drive is ymmv.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Motherboard's usually don't come with one, the drive sould have if it's retail, oem drive is ymmv.

it depends on the brand. my mobo came with 2 ide cables. if the cd/dvd drive is retail, it should come with it.

 

[Koing]

My Asus mobo and the last one came with them.

Koing

 

[vshah]

every mobo i've bought (2 msi, 1 abit, 3 asus) has come with 2x ide cables and a floppy cable...

-Vivan

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: vshah
every mobo i've bought (2 msi, 1 abit, 3 asus) has come with 2x ide cables and a floppy cable...

-Vivan

same here

 

[nageov3t]

most motherboards that I've bought have come with the cables, but I've also seen some that didn't... it's not as if they're expensive cables.

 

[DeeKnow]

no rules here... read contents on box before you hand over your cash

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
hey guys,

I'm putting this computer together for an employee of my dads (so don't pester me with "Don't build systems for other people"). Anyways, I'm going to go install Windows XP when I realize, I don't have a secondary IDE cable to hook up to the DVD/CD-RW Burner.

Is this normal? Or was I screwed out of a cable?

Thanks,

Ryan

Regarding the thread title.... I'm gonna go out on the limb here and say that you're stupid

Just throw it on the HD cable and slave the mofo for now. The peon won't know any better :evil:

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
hey guys,

I'm putting this computer together for an employee of my dads (so don't pester me with "Don't build systems for other people"). Anyways, I'm going to go install Windows XP when I realize, I don't have a secondary IDE cable to hook up to the DVD/CD-RW Burner.

Is this normal? Or was I screwed out of a cable?

Thanks,

Ryan

Regarding the thread title.... I'm gonna go out on the limb here and say that you're stupid

Just throw it on the HD cable and slave the mofo for now. The peon won't know any better :evil:

Well told

when I worked with mainboards (three years ago) the secondary IDE cable was quite often not on the component list. It depends, "cheap" mainboards won't have them to save a dollar from the price. Also, most computers don't need a second IDE cable (as they only have two IDE devices)

Calin

 

[Lonyo]

I have about 10 IDE cables it feels like, and 6 are in use.
Any computer guy should have loads of IDE cables lying around

I think both my Abit NF7's only came with 1 cable though (1 IDE PATA and one floppy)

 

[3chordcharlie]

Every board I've bought has had two cables - but for the cd-rw an older IDE cable is fine (doesn't need to be the ata-66 cable).

I mean really, you must have one lying around somewhere...

Open up one of the office computers and take one - no one uses the cd-rom drives at work anyway!

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Any computer guy should have loads of IDE cables lying around

Agreed! I probably have 20 of them.

 

[Ausm]

go buy one I would not run those two devices on the same channel.


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