ATA Cable to IDE Connector (3)

1 Name: TS : 2008-03-31 06:09 ID:n557WSOA

Hello. I saved my old pc's 111GB hard drive and turned it into an external. Before giving away the pc, I swapped in an older 13gb hard drive and installed Windows XP on it. It runs fine, however, the parallel ATA cable I inserted into the IDE Connector slot doesn't go in all the way. Like, it's in enough so that the pins connect, but it's just slightly ajar. Will this pose as a problem in the future? Also, I noticed that the hard drive gets warm when I run the computer; is this fine as well? Thank you much.

2 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2008-04-03 23:38 ID:oaoTEYdo

Did you try another ATA cable?

3 Name: TS : 2008-04-09 10:39 ID:n557WSOA

i dont have another. i'd just like to know if it's ok that the ATA cable is slightly ajar in the IDE connector slot. I know I could manually align the pins, but for now, is this setup alright?

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