On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 07:11:27PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: > > Does anyone know which way the 44pin IDE cable attaches to the multia > IDE connector? I can't see any square solder marking the #1 or any > numeral there either.
Well, I have a VX-42 (the last I think) with 233MHz CPU, and on the motherboard the IDE pins (just behind the floppy/disk tower) is keyed with an empty pin on the side AWAY from the floppy (toward the back of the mobo). Also, there's a big "1" at the inside end of the pins, toward the middle of the mobo, NOT toward the edge. > And I've googled this -- found all sorts of admonitions to "get it > right" or fry your drive -- which I knew, done that once on another box > -- but none so far saying what "right" is. I'd be quite surprised if the different versions of the mobo did the pins differently, but unfortunately, I don't know for sure, so YMMV... Good luck. --Jay++ --------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook HPTC - XC I & B Hewlett-Packard Company - ZKO1-3/D-B.8 (603) 884-0301 110 Spit Brook Road, Nashua NH 03062 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
