Customer Reviews

Tripp Lite P906-18I Internal Dual Ultra 33/66/100 UATA/UDMA EIDE 2-Drive Ribbon Cable (18 Inches)

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I bought my computer in 2003. I was unaware that IDE cables come in 40- and 80-conductor varieties. They all have 40-pin connectors, but some have 40 wires and some have 80 wires between the two (or three) 40-pin connectors. I was having trouble with a new CD/DVD drive because my IDE cable was of the older 40-conductor variety. I bought this 80-conductor cable and now everything is working very well.

I got this cable to replace an old 40-conductor cable. It is currently running in my file server with a single drive. The drive is able to use UDMA100 transfer mode with this cable.

The drive ribbon works great. It solved the problem that I had with my old 80 pin ribbon not seeing the slave drive.

I dedicated a 2nd HDD to the page file hoping to optimize my "antique" computer's speed. The stock cable I wished to use had only 40 conductors because it served the CD drive where 80 conductors would be overkill. I wanted to put the 2nd HDD in the slave position with the CD drive. I needed to replace the pre-existing 40 with an 80 conductor ribbon cable because PATA data transmission apparently experiences electromagnetic crosstalk/interaction between neighboring conductors when a 40 conductor cable is used. The extra 40 conductors are all tied to ground. I think that the extra space they create reduces the magnetic flux interference. Why invite trouble with a no name, possibly untested brand...this Tripp Lite ribbon worked.....no opens...no intermittents. I did an A/B test and the page file usage went way down with the 80 conductor ribbon......very interesting, my dear Watson

The ribbon is quality workmanship. It is shorter than what I needed for a ATX box. Make sure you know the distance from motherboard to peripheral before you buy.

Good price for a quality 40 pin, 80 wire cable. Seems to be well-made and it works. I bought two. One for hard drive and one for DVD drives. Both are working well.

Excellent product, installed it and it worked as advertised. I would highly recommend this cable to anyone needing a dual ultra ribbon cable.

The Tripp Lite P906-18I UATA/UDMA EIDE 2-Drive Ribbon Cable Cable arrived promptly and improved the performance of my old T500 Dell computer. Tripp Lite produces high quality products that work as described.

This works like a charm. I will definately buy it again it i have need for a dual cable (wink)...