On Aug 1, 2005, at 1:16 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
On 7/31/05 9:14 AM, Harry Freeman of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent
On Jul 31, 2005, at 6:37 AM, GDB-B&W-X.3.9 wrote:
On Jul 31, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Andy Hannen wrote:
Just a quick one
Do ATA cables have a 'direction' i.e. Can they be fitted either way
round?
Andy
BTW my old printer used to be called "Lotty the LaserWriter"
Nope, no direction at all. I've reversed etc.....
Just a message from Doug...
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And the connectors are keyed so that they will go on correctly.
Harry (*^_^*)
Well, usually. I have two ATA 133 cables with no tabs, and have had to
make
note of where on the drive the no. 1, 2 pins are. As far as I can
remember,
the 1, 2 pins on the hard drive connection have always been near the
power
socket side, with pins 39, 40 (always) facing the outside; perhaps a
quick
check on all your drives would bear this out? That would certainly be
an
easy way to remember where they (pins 1, 2) are.
Best regards,
Dana
Dana, pin 1 has always been next to the power connector on every
IDE/ATA drive I've used, probably well over 500 at last count, so I
think it's safe to assume that it is always so. Looking at the pins
(motherboard end or drive end), pin 1 will always be to the right of
the slot where the tab on the cable end would go, if your cable has a
tab. Pin 1 is usually silk screened on the motherboard, but not
always.
Just a message from Doug...
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