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Im confused and need help

What cables do i need for a

120GB Maxtor diamond plus HDD
CD-ROM
FDD

What type and how many

Thanks

You need two pairs of IDE cables for the CD-ROM and HDD (unless you already have an hdd/cdrom in which case you'll need some dual IDE cables)

You'll need what I call a floppy IDE cable for the floppy drive.

For the hard disk drive as long as it's not SATA (Serial ATA) then you will need a conductor 80 cable to get may data transfer rates from hard disk drive, this is an IDE cable with 80 wires, you will notice the differance form this cable and the CDROM IDE cable as it only has 39 or 40 wires (can't remeber which one but the wires are also fatter), The FDD will need a smaller cable usually with a little twist in it, all these cables usually come with the motherboard.

Colin

Im confused and need help

What cables do i need for a

120GB Maxtor diamond plus HDD
CD-ROM
FDD

What type and how many

Thanks