What is this piece of hardware ?

[VJ]

Hello,

I recently bought a Toshiba DVD drive. Supplied in the box was the drive (duh! ), 2 cd's, an ide-cable, an audio cable (way too short ), 4 screws and a plastic thing.

The plastic thing is about as long as an ide-cable is wide (actually fits over an ide-cable), opens to an angle of about 20-30°, and does not lock when closed.

Does anybody know what I mean ? And what is the purpose of this thing ?


Thanks !


Jörg

[Slougi]

Maybe something to secure the IDE cable to the drive?

[VJ]

It doesn't attatch to the drive; the cable is secure (well, as secure as any ide-cable to any ide-device can be)...

Jörg

[Gurm]

If you want to keep your case neat, you could fold the cable up and use that sleeve to snug it, eh?

- Gurm

[VJ]

Oh, that could be possible...
(perhaps I should press harder to lock it... )

Well, hadn't thought of that; the cables are berely long enough as they are (in a LianLi PC70), shorting them never came to mind...

Thanks!

Jörg

[Bohrn]

also maybe it fell off one of the terminal ends of the IDE cable?? Check for missing/not quite right ends?

have ya got a pic of it and the cable ends??

just a thought...

[Gurm]

Oh yeah, a lot of manufacturers put "pull loops" on their plugs, so you don't yank on the cable... maybe it's one of those but it fell off...

- Gurm

[VJ]

Borhn:
The cable looks normal : 3 connectors, no damage...

Gurm:
I should try it again, but if I remember correctly, the plastic does not fit around an IDE-connector. (besides: when the cable is connected, the connector is no longer visible, so using this to pull it out would be impossible...

I will attempt to scan in an image of it this evening, perhaps that will clarify things...


Jörg