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| 10554 | 2001-03-27 23:10:00 | Call me out of touch, but I have recently heard that you need a different IDE interface ribbon cable to get the bus speed advantage of the ATA 66 from your ATA66 hard disk and that using an old IDE cable will only get you ATA33 performance max. Can someone explain the difference in the cables please and do they go by a new name ? |
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| 10555 | 2001-03-28 00:12:00 | This is correct. To operate your Ultra DMA/66 hard drive at maximum speed you require an Ultra DMA/66 cable which has 80-wires, without this your drive will not be operating at maximum speed. All other EIDE peripherals work with 40-wire cables. Also note that a drive/periperal which does not support Ultra DMA/66 should not be placed on the same cable as your Ultra DMA/66 drive, this will only slow it down. These cables sell for around $20 |
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| 10556 | 2001-03-28 02:50:00 | Tristan is basically right, however the 40 extra wires are screens between the 40 signal wires to prevent cross-talk at the higher data rates. If you use a standard IDE cable you run the risk of data corruption. | Guest (0) | ||
| 10557 | 2001-03-28 11:11:00 | note-if your motherboard is only ata33 then it will only go 33 max. | Guest (0) | ||
| 10558 | 2001-04-11 00:47:00 | Hi Terry, I wanted to ask you if these cables look any different to a standard 40 wire cable. As I got one, but I cant tell any difference from looking at it as compared to dozens of other IDE cables I have(some of which go back to 486 times). Since your advice that the other 40 wires are shields, I thought you could clear this up for me before I go ahead and install it, As I can still only count 40 wires !!! Thanks heaps |
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