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Published: Thursday, 02 April 2015 22:44

DIY: 34-PIN IDE EXTENSION CABLE (2000XL 8-OUTS MOD)



MAKING A 34-PIN IDE EXTENSION CABLE FOR AKAI S3000XL 8-OUT FOR USE IN MPC 2000XL



I used this one, you can use any if you find an extension (male to female) just use this photo for reference if you go elsewhere

Amazon.com 40 Pin Male to Female IDE Extension Cable

 

You'll need:

 

 

Safety goggles is mandatory here. Unless you wanna literally put out an eye. When your clipping the thick plastic, it's going to come firing off at a decent speed.

 

 

As your extension cable is 40-Pin, and you only need 34-Pin, using a pencil or marker, mark the pins you are going to remove. So on the non-red side, count in 6 wires.

 

 

Slowly use your knife to cut along, and separate the wires to cut. If you aren't patient you can slip and cut other wires, and have to start over with a new one

 

 

After cutting all the way down end to end, you can clip the separated group of wires out.

 

 

 

Now you can cut the lip around those 6 pins. Because you will be removing this part, so the cable will fit into the proper slot.

 

 

 

 

Now snip each pin off

 

 

With the edge gone, there is now nothing holding the top clip on. Remove the top clip piece and set it aside.

 

 

You now need to remove the rest of the wires here

 

 

 

 

Now cut the entire thing off. You'll see why I say safety glasses soon as you try and cut it. It's going to take some strength so try and be precise.

 

 

Shave it down as necessary

 

It's now the right size

 

 

With both ends done, you can start gluing the clips back together 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now it will still not fit. The slots are not in the correct position. To correct this, we need to open the slot up. You can try and fit it now, then refer to this image, to see what you are doing.

 

 

Shave this piece off also

 

 

 

Do a test fit, make adjustments as needed

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER!

 

Notice in Jibbers photo here

 

 

You see the red wire is on the left side of the 8-OUT's. That is pin-1 on the 8-OUT board. 

 

Pin-1 on the MPC is labeled with an arrow pointing at it. Looking at Jibbers photo you can see where the red wire is.

 

 

 

THIS HERE IS THE INCORRECT WAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do this in reverse, refer to the first post

 

I'll reverse my cable here soon and video of what the resistor looks like so you can see what happens. Then record footage of the errors you will find. Just for the sake of archiving information.