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Old 13 May 2002, 06:40 PM
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Hi all, Im after some advice. Is there a maximum length that you can have for IDE cables ?? odd question im sure your thinking, but im thinking of putting my pc case in a remote location (loft directly above bedroom) and obviously still want access to cdrom etc hence length of IDE cable, i guestimate that around 3 metres will be needed.

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Old 13 May 2002, 06:46 PM
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No chance. IDE needs to be below about 18"-ish. UltraDMA can work over slighly longer lengths, but nothing like 3m.
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Old 13 May 2002, 10:16 PM
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LVD SCSI will do 12.5m ( multidrop ) or 25m (single drop)

muchos expensive for what you want though.

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Old 13 May 2002, 11:45 PM
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If its just the CD - Why not get an External USB CD Drive ? USB standard is for 5m.

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Old 14 May 2002, 04:44 PM
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Cheers for the help lads, looks like i'm stuck with the noise from my pc then.

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