On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, AJ wrote:
> Why must the IDE cable be < 18" I have a 27" cable and have had no
> problems thus far...(my tower case is too large to have anything less then
> 27" cables)
this is an absolute requirement due to the signaling speed/level on
the cable. IE try using an IDE and plugging your IDE device in the
'other' connector (assuming you only have one, you should normally be
in the 'end' conector). This will wreck things.
You've just been lucky with your 27" cable. But the IDE spec specifically
says 18" length, with the second connector exactly 6" from the end
connector...
Bob
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> AJ Lewis
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> > this is a GOOD thing! it means that some UDMA33 transaction detected
> > some corruption during transmission (and retried). SCSI only has parity,
> > so might well have missed it. if you had lots of these messages, it would
> > be a good idea to verify that your IDE cable is short (must be <18").
> >
> > regards, mark hahn.
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