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zyonuf79

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Is the cable that connects the front IO panel to the card a standard parallel cable?
 
IDE ribbon cable.
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No, it's not either of those. It's actually a proprietary cable, but it looks VERY similar to an IDE cable. When you compare them side by side, you'll notice the creative cable is wider.
 
Its a IDE cable, but 3 differences. It only has 2 connectors, its longer than normal, and ALL of the wires are connected. In a standard IDE cable there is one wire disconnected and hole on the connector blocked.

You can use a IDE cable provided you can find a 2 connector cable that has all 40 wires connected to pins the connectors. They are out there, I know because I found a rounded one.

Search on Creative's own forums. I found a link to order mine there! http://forums.creative.com You want the SoundBlaster forum.
 
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