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jamesdcarroll   04-05-2003 at 09:37:53 AM

I orederd a case and some cables form a company. I asked for 18 inch rounded cables, but I received 24 inch ones.

The MOBO and hard drive support ATA/133. Should I care? What about my CD and CD/RW?

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alltaken   04-05-2003 at 01:12:26 PM
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well if you don't need the extra 6 inchs of cales then send them back and say thats not what you orderd.

also you probably know already that 18" is the max recomended length, So i would stay under that (because i am one to play by the rules)


just ring em up, e-mail them or write a letter. and tell them you didn't order what they sent.



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lhgpoobaa   04-06-2003 at 10:08:10 AM
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You can use the longer cables, but you risk the chance that data will get corrupted.
When i used 24" rounded cables they were fine at stock speeds, but if i overclocked the raised PCI bus speed soon started showing up errors.

I would send them back on general principles.

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