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Old May 2, 2011, 05:36 PM
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Bought a whole PC build, but theres no IDE cable that would go from the DVD drive to the motherboard... Is it missing or am I just dumb?
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Old May 2, 2011, 05:39 PM
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Where did you get it from? Does the drive use SATA cables instead? It's a thinner cable that looks liek this:


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Old May 2, 2011, 05:49 PM
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Yeah it does have SATA cables but most tutorials showed both SATA and IDE cables plugged in
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Old May 2, 2011, 06:05 PM
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usually mobo come with one slot of ide... but if your mobo didnt have one then you are out of lucky...


btw... did you check slot of dvd-rw... newer one usually have sata slot...
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IDE is becoming obsolete. like CTA says, does your mobo even have an IDE port?
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Ide to stata costs 7 to 15 $ new drive 20 $ :)
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IDE isn't becoming obsolete, it is obsolete.

The majority of new motherboards won't have IDE, only a select few have them for people who wish to have support for legacy devices.

SATA is used for new drives.
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