Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 05:16 am, Mr. Geek wrote: > > >>Hmm. I'm surprised that someone shipped a computer with a 40 pin cable >>Bryan. Normally to handle the type of throughput that a DVD drive does, >>an 80 pin cable is the defacto standard. > > > Well, the cable that they used came straight from Asus and was marked as a > CDROM cable. So, to give them credit, they did use the cable that Asus had > marked for the particular device rather than one of the HD cables that > actually is an 80 pin cable. I am a little more peeved at Asus for even > including a 40 pin cable in the M/B packaging than the OEM for using it given > that most of the machines they work with are Windows and obviously, it > doesn't create as much of a problem with that OS. > You said this cable was part of the motherboard pack, and not the DVD? It sounds like it is for use with CD-ROM drives, like the label says, and not DVD-ROM drives. I have not run into any CD-ROM drives that suport the ATA-100 UDMA and faster data transfere, so the 40 pin cable works just fine for them. I have even run into older motherboards where the second IDE interface didn't support the faster transfere rates.
Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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