Re: Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk

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From: larry moe 'n curly
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:25

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ClueLess wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:31 +0530, ClueLess
> <clueless@wilderness.org.invalid> wrote:

> >Here is a strange problem, when I connect my hard disk using the 80
> >wire cable my computer does not recognize it.

> Only one drive checked at a time.
> The drives checked are all Seagate 80 gb
> The original hard disk was working for years with the 80 conductor
> cable, correctly mounted - blue end on mobo, hard drive at the end,
> set as master.
>
> Only after I checked with another similar hard disk that the problem
> started.
>
> I have tried several 80 conductor cables and none work.
>
> All the drives are recognized without exception when using the 40
> conductor cable.

I don't know if it matters, but why do you have the HD set to Master
instead of to Cable Select?  I thought with a standard 80-wire IDE
cable, the cable itself distinguished Master from Slave, by having the
wire for pin 28 connected only to the Master.  I've had problems when
I didn't choose Cable Select.  OTOH with external drive enclosures
that contained a short 80-wire IDE cable, Cable Select didn't work
because the signal lines for the cable were wired just like a 40-wire
cable's, so the drive had to be set to Master.

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From: "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk
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