IDE header insurance - cheap

Just in case you missed some of the threads, there was a lot of talk about the supplied hard drive cable in the empegs being so short that over time they create stress on the IDE header and can at least expose a dry solder connection and at worse, damage the board.

Mark Lord and Eutronix are both selling "extra length" cables for cheap that can prevent this. I'm getting my empeg repair now, maybe you won't have to.