I would do the same thing in a heart beat.. at least he isnt waisting his time on a crappy PC.
@godraj: Can you use several Phone Cord to make one? Or visit any computer repair shop, i would think any ribbon cable would work. Also there are little clasps for connecting two ribbon cables.. you could get a couple of thoes and a couple ribbon cables and make your own.. also check out Radio Shack... or radioshack.com... they just about any thing.
Good luck and post some pictures if you can!
:Edit: dont waist your time at radio shack..
I googled "long ribbon cable" and got this link.. ->
http://www.directron.com/cbl-ide-l.html <- this one is 3 feet long.. and i think you can attach two together to get a 6 foot cable... it might take some re-working but i think you can do it.