Re: [vox-tech] how to identify ATA/100 cables?
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Re: [vox-tech] how to identify ATA/100 cables?
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> So ATA66 also uses the 80-wire cable... so how does one distinguish ATA100
> from ATA66 cables? (That is, besides reading the label, if any is attached
> :)
The way I understand it, there are two types of cables: 80 and 40 wire
versions. Any 80-wire IDE cable is equivalent to any other, discounting
the construction quality.
According to http://www.mathercomputers.com/supportbb-fresh.html, you may
in some cases find problems using the 80 wire cables with UDMA33, so you
are safer using 80-wire cables for 66 and 100, and 40 wire cables for any
old hardware you have. I imagine the backward incompatibility has to do
with the lower impedance of the 80 wire cable.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I bought the motherboard that came with the blue IDE connector
> > > before ATA100 came into standard. Maybe the mobo guys saw that the cable
> > > be useful with at-the-time-draft-probably ATA100 but I doubt it...
> >
> > http://www.directron.com/faqata66.html
> >
> > It is apparently more than just insurance.
> >
> > >
> > > -Mark
> > >
> > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > We have a computer at work with ATA100 connection. The wires *are*
> > > > > significantly smaller compared to non-ATA100 and does have blue connector
> > > > > ends, though the ends fit non-ATA100 devices... But my ATA66 also has a
> > > > > blue connector end.
> > > >
> > > > I think the 80 conductor cable can be used just fine at lower speeds, and
> > > > it is insurance for UDMA66.
> >
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