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IDE cables
Name: sam Date: August 14, 2002 at 01:20:56 Pacific
Comment:
just curious how can you determine wether or not your HD is connect to 80 instead of 40 pin?
Name: boojum Date: August 14, 2002 at 02:55:37 Pacific
Reply:
They're all 40 pin connectors, the wires are either 40 or 80. If you want to know if you have a 40 wire cable, count the wires (just count half and multiply by 2). If this looks like an overwhelming task, you probably have an 80 wire ;) Alot of 80-wire cables will have small print on it that will say if it's an ATA66/100. If it says ATA66 or above, it's an 80 wire.
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Response Number 2
Name: Peter Date: August 14, 2002 at 15:00:16 Pacific
Reply:
Count 'em
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Response Number 3
Name: boo Date: August 25, 2002 at 02:03:47 Pacific
Summary: I'm getting a raptor SATA drive to replace main HD, and keeping my other 200gb HD. The only IDE Cable I have right now is set up for 2 hard drives (has 3 heads total). I don't have another cable on ha...
Summary: I ahve already researches the responses to otger questions regarding 40-wire versus 80-wire IDE cables but haven't one similar to mine. I installed an older Seagate 10.2GB hard drive [ATA-66] into a r...
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