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Article #411Re: Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk
From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:54
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:54
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VanguardLH wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> VanguardLH wrote >>> Rod Speed wrote >>>>> Signalling wise, there is no difference between a 40- and 80-wire IDE cable. >>> <which is qualified in a following paragraph regarding cable select> >> So that claim is just plain wrong. There is in fact that very real difference. >>>> Wrong. 80 wire cables are usually cable select cables, 40 wire cables usually are not. >>> Get an ohmmeter to test. >> Dont need one. I use the ATA standard. >> <reams of you proving what I said flushed where it belongs> > Good luck trying to configure 2 hard drives to use cable > select when the 80-wire cable that you happen to use > has pin 28 connected on both device connectors. Irrelevant to the fact that your original is just plain wrong. And fuck all 80 wire cables are like that anyway. And the OP said that more than one 80 wire cable had been tried.
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