<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Rule of thumb used to be, "pin 1 to power side". works 90% of the time. Pin 1 is usually denoted on the cable by a red stripe. So basically Pin 1 was/is usually closet to the power (molex) connector. H Anne Wilson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid200609242208.16902.cannewilson@tiscali.co.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sunday 24 September 2006 21:18, Tim wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 18:54 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">What's more, many of those cables didn't have a clear board-end and drive-end </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Related to that is a pet peeve of mine: The IDE connectors have notches in them so that they'll only fit one way - the right way. But too many cables don't bother, and make the plugs without them so that they'll fit in either way. It's a right pain in the bum trying to find which is pin 1 on a connector buried inside a chassis without a flashlight. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Especially when your eyes are no longer young Anne </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>