Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

[Matt Stegman]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> Further, it's said that you have to have a special cable for DMA
> transfers. I don't know this from personal experience, again, not
> having the hardware to test.
>       John
 
You do.  An ATA/66 cable has the same 40 pins as any other IDE cable, but
has 80 conducting wires in it.  I *think* the extra 40 (every other
wire) are just tied to ground, so as to reduce crosstalk between the
wires.  Thus, you can get better tranfer rates.

-Matt Stegman
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