Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ4] Hard Drive IDE Cables

[jale@xxxxxxxxxx]

> Can anyone tell me if there's something special about the IDE Hard drive
> cables in a RaQ4? I know they're Ultra ATA/33, but I've got a box where
> one of the cables got torn (don't ask) and I am attempting to find a
> replacement. All of the cables I have tried will not let me do an
> install. For a while I thought it was the box, so I swapped it out with
> another (virtually identical) and I have the same problem. Seems to be a
> speed issue, 'cause the install times out while installing the 23MB
> Chilisoft file (I think it's version 3.5.2 on the CD).

Not familiar with the Raq4 ... did you mean ATA 133 or was 33 correct? If 
100/133, do you have the high speed IDE cables, 80 leads for 40 pins?

The only oddity on my Raq3 is the mother board side of the IDE does not 
have a "missing pin" that is standard for IDE, so I have to cut the 
"blocker" out cables to be able to use them, but that's a physical thing I 
have to do to just plug them in.

Good luck,
Jale