On 8 Jun, 15:22, "jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk"
<jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> Most 2.5" adaptor cables do not have that hold blocked.. Maybe most
> PCB adaptors don't either. So make that amendment to htem.
>

I mean hole not hold..

and..

another mistake people might make.. That affects buying
them,reseraching them. Thinking about them. Is not being crystal
clear that the motherboard and hdd connectors are male

The motherboard connectors have this encasing around them, which makes
them socket like. But they are male, they have pins in them. Just like
the IDE connector on a hard drive.

The IDE Cable is female both ends. Or rather..
Has any connectors, female.

A regular IDE cable has 3 connectors. One going to the MBRD.
A 2.5-3.5 IDE adaptor cable, has 2 connectors.