4 way ide - broken pins

[jimmer78]

Hi,

I acquired a used 4 way Eyetech IDE interface, trouble is pin 1 is snapped off on the CH1S (44PIN), and pin 39 snapped off on the Ch2S (40PIN)...

Can I still use it - are these grounds or data connections?

Cheers,
J.

[cosmicfrog]

I dought it

Pin1 reset, pin39 LED

http://pinouts.ws/ata-ide-pinout.html

[Matt020]

A side note, because I noticed it in your signature as well...

Correct spelling is "doubt"

[mfilos]

You can put in the snapped-off pins some new ones from another connector (40male IDE for example) and solder it easily.

[Allen1]

Originally Posted by Matt020

A side note, because I noticed it in your signature as well...

Correct spelling is "doubt"

A bit off topic but Cosmic knows,

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@jimmer78,
Good luck with changing those pins, its more awkward than hard to do

[jimmer78]

Originally Posted by Allen1

A bit off topic but Cosmic knows,

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! It even knows how to read misspelled words and use those in the right context.

@jimmer78,
Good luck with changing those pins, its more awkward than hard to do

Loving that mate!

Umm, I was wrong pin 2 on the CH1S & pin 40 on the Ch2S .....these are grounds...so will it be ok to use?

[Allen1]

Originally Posted by jimmer78

Loving that mate!

Umm, I was wrong pin 2 on the CH1S & pin 40 on the Ch2S .....these are grounds...so will it be ok to use?

By the looks of things you may get away with using that but you would still be better off replacing the pins ie less chance of straining the other negatives or picking up excess noise due to poor power connections and the likes. It really does depend on what you are adding to the connectors. As they are at the end of the headers, it would be easiest to get a hot scalpel blade and separate the plastic to allow the pins to be removed without upsetting the rest of the connector, once removed you could tidy up the area so that the new pins will align just right.

The replacement pins could come from any broken hard drive or PCB etc, only this time leave a little extra plastic on them so you can trim and mate the repaired connector as it should be, you may even find a link on a circuit board that would do the job (like a master/slave type).

[cosmicfrog]

ow shuks

got a drive here with 4 pins missing so 2 should be easier to do

[jimmer78]

Cheers for the tips...will get to work

[FOL]

The broken pins are fine, they are not even connected to anything.

Remember we are talking about Ch1S and NOT Ch1M channel.

[cosmicfrog]

yep learn`t abit about ATA66 and PATA HD`s in last few days not 2 mention the cables as well

[Allen1]

Originally Posted by FOL

The broken pins are fine, they are not even connected to anything.

Remember we are talking about Ch1S and NOT Ch1M channel.

I don't own one of these or have ever handled one but it would appear that they are manufactured that way ie minus the pins look here maybe just a coincidence that there is more than one of these in the same condition but if this is how they are produced then surely someone who owns one or even sells them could have mentioned this.

For setting it up link

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Allen1

I don't own one of these or have ever handled one but it would appear that they are manufactured that way ie minus the pins look here maybe just a coincidence that there is more than one of these in the same condition but if this is how they are produced then surely someone who owns one or even sells them could have mentioned this.

For setting it up link

I just did mention it.

Its null issue, due to them not being connected. Why they cut them, is any ones guess.

[Allen1]

The fact that the pins are deliberately cut by the manufacturer and not actually broken was not mentioned till I pointed it out, these pins were thought to have been damaged or broken by means unknown. I am not after an argument but even you called them broken, a clearer definition about how they came to be missing or that this is standard on that product would have been great at the time of your post and would have made the whole thing much clearer and made us all the wiser for knowing

[jimmer78]

mad so it's manufactured like this? Nuts.... ok so it's not broken...cool.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Allen1

The fact that the pins are deliberately cut by the manufacturer and not actually broken was not mentioned till I pointed it out, these pins were thought to have been damaged or broken by means unknown. I am not after an argument but even you called them broken, a clearer definition about how they came to be missing or that this is standard on that product would have been great at the time of your post and would have made the whole thing much clearer and made us all the wiser for knowing

Indeed, but I was keeping it simple, I didnt say they were broken, the thread started off with saying they were broken.

Then you clearly starting giving out advise without ever seeing one of these boards.

Originally Posted by jimmer78

mad so it's manufactured like this? Nuts.... ok so it's not broken...cool.

As I said, why they cut pins that arent even connected is anyones guess.

[Allen1]

@FOL,

If you knew the pins were not broken then why on earth didn't you just say so instead of giving less than half of the information out?

As I actually mentioned, I have not seen or handled one of these adapters and would not know why the designer of the said adapter would decide not to use an electrical connection which is there for a reason. If I had previously seen one of these then I would have just simply mentioned that these boards were made that way and the pins are supposed to be removed, it would probably save a lot of hassle and confusion by simply pointing that out wouldn't it!