Cable tidying question

Blackhawk47 · 8 Apr 2008 at 11:17

okay so today ive been trying to tidy cables a bit for when i get my round ide cables. is it okay if wires like molex cables etc are in contact with my hdd. as i have tried to tidy them by using the empty bays. now ive put some unused cables in the 2 empty 5.25 drive bays i have and that looks fine. but its the internal 3.5inch drive bays that im concerned with.

PhillyDee · 8 Apr 2008 at 11:42

If its bare metal touching, no. If its just the plastic sleeving, yes. There are no moving parts on the outside of a HD.

Blackhawk47 · 8 Apr 2008 at 12:10

so its okay then yeah ? i dont want my wires melting or something lol. the cables from psu are all sleeved though cables for say my cathodes arent and those are just normal.

PhillyDee · 8 Apr 2008 at 12:23

Nah, they wont melt. Plastic melts at roughly 280C (Depending on plastic could be higher / lower) and you hard drive will be about 40C (Depending on cooling). theres is absolutley no danger of that. By sleeved I meant plastic coated and not a bare wire. Though sleeved is just the same.