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Old 25-03-2006, 21:14
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Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to leave a switched off device still connected to the motherboard via the IDE cable... You'd rather want to disconnect the IDE cable. However, mounting a switch onto it is... khm... troublesome!
heh agreed. You won't believe the trouble a loose molex connector could bring when the drive is still connected (i know). And yes, a switch is rather dangerous if you don't already know exactly what your doing. I would just go ahead and unplug the IDE cable. If you damage the cable, owell buy another one, they're incredibly easy to replace.
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