Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:36:52 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Ok, which way round?
>Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:40:39 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Ok, which way round? > >At 12:35 AM 23/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:28:18 > >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Ok, which way round? > > > > > >>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:27:22 +0000 > >>From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Ok, which way round? > >> > >>Hi Folks, > >> > >>I've got one of those little 2.5 to 3.5" adapters and there are no > >>markings on it as to which end pin one is for either connector? > >> > >>I know which end is pin one on the 2.5" drives (the end near the > >>master/slave jumper yes?) and I know how to spot Pin1 on a std 40W IDE > >>cable (coloured stripe etc) but the converter has no clues whatsoever > >>apart from a (the) missing pin on the std 40W IDE connector? (what > >>number is the missing pin please?) > >> > >>So any clues please folks? > > > >Doesn't matter - it's a straight through connector. Pin one on the cable >*should* have a coloured trace but check that back to the motherboard :). > >Umm ... if your motherboard happens to be 5 years old maybe ... ATA66 and >above have a keyed pin. Even ATA33 had a keyed edge on the ribbon, its just >if you use an old (ATA33) cable it won't have the key. Nope, my desktop mb is about six months old, and both the 'normal' ata33 stuff and the ata100 cables (80 cores) have red traces. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
