On Jun 17, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Nestamicky wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Ralph Green wrote: > >> Use any flat IDE cable you want. Use 80 pin cables if you want >> speeds >> greater than 33 megabytes per second. > > I thought an IDE cable is an IDE cable is an....so when you say to > use 80 pin IDE for increased speed, what do you mean? Please expand > on this as I'd like to go through my box of cables and pick out all > the 80 pins and use them.
It is not 80 pin, it is 80 wires. The cables still have the standard 40 pins. The newer ATA specs (starting with Ultra DMA/33) call for 80 wires to cut down on crosstalk between the wires. The extra wires are ground wires not connected to any pins and are in between each signal wire. Most modern drives in their specs say they require 80 wire cables to operate at full speed. You can still use 40 pin, but your throughput MAY not be at the drives maximum. HTH, Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
