I had the same problem with another machine. The pin
corresponding to the missing hole doesn't have any connection so
solution is easy, you can:
1. Cut the pin,not so easy and difficult to undo.
2. Use a small drill bit and make a hole in the connector. When
you finish you can use a a plastic plug to cover the hole and
restore the safety feature. Before making those special connectors
with the hole missing, many manufacturers used standard connectors
with the plastic plug.
Regards,
Ignacio EB4APL
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 06:46 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
nd if you attach
Interesting... Yes, there are two IDE headers. Luckily I had a DVD
unit from around 2000 and a cable but the un-lucky thing is that
the IDE header on the motherboard have all pins populated... The
IDE cable I found in my 2000 vintage machine has a missing hole to
prevent it from going in backwards.? Not sure when that change
was.? The first machine I built was in 98 and that had SCSI...
There is a full 40 pin ribbon cable going over to a board and the
hard drive connects to that.card.
It turned out that I don't have a XP machine that runs.? I tried a
few versions of Ghost but no luck getting them to run.? I will
look around for a old machine.? I did find a similar vintage hard
drive. Its a bit larger than the original but from around 2000. I
found it in a old USB hard drive.
