broken cable

lyleberman · 08-07-2007, 06:14 PM

help! i'm a idiot: i tried to upgrade the hard drive on my apple tv but i broke the ide cable. does anyone know where to get a new one?

rumplestiltskin · 08-14-2007, 07:11 PM

Isn't that a SATA drive?

boske · 08-15-2007, 12:49 PM

should be the same IDE cable as a laptop hard drive

lyleberman · 08-20-2007, 04:32 PM

for some bizarre reason, i'm having a lot of trouble finding one!
anybody have an ideas?

rumplestiltskin · 08-21-2007, 08:20 PM

lyleberman · 08-22-2007, 07:47 AM

thx! i actually purchased a cable from cablesonline.com but the connector on one side didn't fit onto the motherboard. but i'll try this one...
-lyle

v2m99 · 10-03-2008, 01:47 AM

thanks for help

dennisls111 · 10-08-2008, 10:15 PM

Those are good calbe store, thanks for sharing.

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lyleberman Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	broken cable help! i'm a idiot: i tried to upgrade the hard drive on my apple tv but i broke the ide cable. does anyone know where to get a new one?

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08-14-2007, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
rumplestiltskin Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 14	Isn't that a SATA drive?

08-15-2007, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
boske Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 112	should be the same IDE cable as a laptop hard drive

08-20-2007, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
lyleberman Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	for some bizarre reason, i'm having a lot of trouble finding one! anybody have an ideas?

08-21-2007, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
rumplestiltskin Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 14	Try here: http://www.mycableshop.com/ItemMatrix.asp?GroupCode=IDE44%5F&ic=44%2D1%2DF%2D F&MatrixType=2

08-22-2007, 07:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
lyleberman Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	thx! i actually purchased a cable from cablesonline.com but the connector on one side didn't fit onto the motherboard. but i'll try this one... -lyle

10-03-2008, 01:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
v2m99 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	thanks for help

10-08-2008, 10:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
dennisls111 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 21	Those are good calbe store, thanks for sharing.