Does cable folding hurt the cables?

[AcidicRage]

I'm trying to organize my cables and allow more airflow/room. I was wondering if folding those floppy/IDE cables are damaging to the cables themselves? Will they like hurt the performance of any? Thanks.

 

[Stellar]

Should be fine.

Bending SATA cables supposedly causes problems, however.

 

[zoinks]

i've folded ide cables all my life. just did it for my ide plextor.

 

[SmokeRngs]

It shouldn't hurt performance any, I've been doing it for years. The only thing that would be hurt is by repeatedly folding and unfolding the cables. In the long run, it could damage the conductors within the cable. It would probably take a lot for that to happen, though.

 

[magnetik]

I prefer folded cables vs rounded. Dell, Shuttle, etc all do it. I never had problems.

 

[Dan_D]

It depends on if you fold it enough to break them. You can fold them too hard, or if they are cheap cables, they'll break easily. Generally though, its nothing to worry about.

 

[BlindedByScience]

It depends on if you fold it enough to break them. You can fold them too hard, or if they are cheap cables, they'll break easily. Generally though, its nothing to worry about.

Agreed. Don't mash the ends together tightly; keep a small radius to the fold ends and you should be fine. I'm even more careful with SATA cables....

Regards - B.B.S.