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| 184968 | 2003-10-20 03:25:00 | When I boot machine running WXP Home I get this message ( a close approximation from memory) "Primary IDE 80 Channel Not Connected" The PC carries on it's merry way, but sometimes it doesn't. Anything to be concerned about? |
rocketeer (4703) | ||
| 184969 | 2003-10-20 03:44:00 | 40 pin is low/normal density. PCs on the current market use 80 pin for hard disks. 40 pins for cdroms. some computer bioses will complain if they detect hi-speed devices(hdds), but find no hi-desity cable. there is no panic if everything goes. its just someone short changed, or something mixed up. |
yang11 (170) | ||
| 184970 | 2003-10-20 04:12:00 | Are you sure of the error message? It may be "Primary IDE Channel no 80 conductor cable installed" Thats telling you that you need an 80 core cable to replace the 40 core one. It limits the speed at which your HDD data can be addressed with the wrong one. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 184971 | 2003-10-20 08:55:00 | Sorry all I thought I had deleted this thread after doing a search and finding the 40/80 cable answer. Picked up a cable on the way home and sorted. Cheers! |
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