whymeintrouble
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join:2001-06-20
Woodridge, IL | reply to halo989
Re: ide cable
you should try to apply equal pressure through the width of the cable, and yes, some do require a bit of pulling. also, remember to pull straight back, that way you aren't fighting the connection in any way. |
howie
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-08
Little Falls, NJ
| said by whymeintrouble  :you should try to apply equal pressure through the width of the cable, and yes, some do require a bit of pulling. also, remember to pull straight back, that way you aren't fighting the connection in any way. Good advice. I use my thumb and index finger and grasp the ribbon right against the connector and pull straight out. I've never broken a cable doing it this way. Many of the newer IDE ribbon cables have pull tabs at the connector, which make things a bit easier.
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