| Post ID |
Timestamp |
Content |
User |
| 199636 |
2003-12-12 00:00:00 |
I've recentely bought a dvd burner (4x/4x/16x DVD+, 40x/24x/40x CD). It didn't come with an IDE cable, so I fished one out of my stash of old computer junk. It's the old type 40-wire cable. Will that affect the performance of this DVD burner, when it comes to writing DVDs at 4x, or reading them? |
somebody (208) |
| 199637 |
2003-12-12 00:08:00 |
First of all, you'd need to determine if the device is ATA33/66/100/133 etc... it's most likely ATA33 which means there'd be no downside to it. |
Kame (312) |
| 199638 |
2003-12-13 02:08:00 |
CD + DVD Witers are all ATA33 standard.
your 40 wire cable should be fine |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) |
| 199639 |
2003-12-13 02:17:00 |
most DVD are ata66 so yes it will slow the interface down, i'm not to sure how how it will effect the burning. you may have to burn at a slightly slower speed otherwise you may run into errors. |
tweak'e (174) |
| 199640 |
2003-12-13 02:49:00 |
a ata cable is only about $6 these days so better off with a decent ata 133 in my opnion |
kiwibeat (304) |
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