oh, is that what it is George? thought i had a free IDE cable for the new hard drive <grin>. thanks a lot for your help. At least I know what it's for now <smile>. Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:56 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: spare cable needs identifying > According to Google sources, an eICE cable connects to a > printer port. > > George.=20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin R > Sent: 11 October 2004 20:56 > To: access uk > Subject: [access-uk] spare cable needs identifying > > Hi everyone, > > this is a long shot and rather stupid of me to post this > question here but, at the moment, I'm not sure where else to > go with this question and....=20 > someone might have a good idea after they've red my > description. > > Ok, getting this new hard drive of mine and starting from > scratch, I'm looking at everything that came with my new > motherboard, graphics card and other new components. Now, > I've come across this clear bag with a cable in it before! > i don't know what the cable is. > > it's black, I'd say it's a long cable too. The connectors > are silver and round. using the magnifier to look at the > connectors closely, they have, what seems to be four tiny > pins in them. On the bag it says. E.I.C.E - CALL. that's > about it. i would call up my dad's friend who did the thing > for me but, he's not contactable anymore. I've tried in the > past on a hadful of matters and no joy. > > I am wondering if it is an IDE cable that would do for the > new hard drive? > > if this makes sense to anyone, please let me know. > ya never know, someone might recognise it. > > thanks for reading/listening anyway. > > Justin=20 > > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a > message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > =0AThis Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq