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Alex Iannuzzi

11-18-2003, 02:58 AM

Heyz,

Is there a major difference between the 40 pin hdd cable and the 80 pin hdd cable? (Gotz a 80 gig ATA 100 hdd)

Somehow my 80 pin cable broke :confused: and now I'm stuck on a 40 pin ATA33 )-| cable....

Also, the 40 pin cable doesn't detect both of my hard drives, so I just have to use one hdd now, Is this common?

Alex. :t

Swordfish

11-18-2003, 03:11 AM

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html

i think you should get a new cable....the 40-pin cable isn't lookin good either.

Midknyte

11-18-2003, 04:06 AM

get a new 80 pin cable. you'll be glad you did. 40-pin was fine for Ultra33.

BipolarBill

11-18-2003, 12:17 PM

The 40-pin cable is probably not compatible with "cable-select". Set your jumpers manually until you replace the cable. As stated, the 40-pin will not allow the drive to operate at peak efficiency.

koonthul

11-22-2003, 03:15 AM

This is good to know, however, what if you are total loser (me namely) and accidently sent one of your 80 wire IDE ribbon cables back to the manufacturer (oooooops!). I am stuck with a regular 40 wire and one 80 wire. I have 3 drivers, one HDD, a 52 speed MSI CDRW burner and a DVD-ROM Drive. What would be the optimum setup now that i am missing one of the cables? My HDD is a 120 gig WD 8 meg special. I am assuming I should use the 80 wire for the HDD and then use the 40 pin for the two optical drives and replace it later. Thoughts?

~K

Alex Iannuzzi

11-22-2003, 03:19 AM

Originally posted by koonthul
I am assuming I should use the 80 wire for the HDD and then use the 40 pin for the two optical drives and replace it later. Thoughts?

Yep :)

causticVapor

11-23-2003, 08:46 AM

Originally posted by koonthul
This is good to know, however, what if you are total loser (me namely) and accidently sent one of your 80 wire IDE ribbon cables back to the manufacturer (oooooops!). I am stuck with a regular 40 wire and one 80 wire. I have 3 drivers, one HDD, a 52 speed MSI CDRW burner and a DVD-ROM Drive. What would be the optimum setup now that i am missing one of the cables? My HDD is a 120 gig WD 8 meg special. I am assuming I should use the 80 wire for the HDD and then use the 40 pin for the two optical drives and replace it later. Thoughts?

~K

I don't think you'd see any advantage using 80pin cables with optical drives. Most are UDMA33, tops, anyway.

BipolarBill

11-23-2003, 11:52 AM

Well, at leaase cable select would work with the nerer cables. ;)