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On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:52:30 -0500, Meat Plow wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:29:13 -0700, richard <member@newsguy.com>wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:31 +0530, ClueLess wrote:
>>
>>> Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>> 
>>> Hi Friends
>>> 
>>> Here is a strange problem, when I connect my hard disk using the 80
>>> wire cable my computer does not recognize it.
>>> 
>>> It happened this way. I had to check another hard disk and so I
>>> swapped the disks (IDE0) and found it was not recognized. Then I
>>> connected the original hard disk and it was also not recognized. I
>>> tried both the IDE0 and IDE1 channels with the same result. I tried
>>> also other hard disks as well other 80 wire cables, still no go.
>>> 
>>> Then I found an old 40 wire cable and when connected with this, bingo,
>>> all the hard disks are recognized.
>>> 
>>> No pins broken, no hardware damage. All the cablea are in good
>>> condition. In fact the machine for years worked with only the 80 wire
>>> cable.
>>> 
>>> How does this happen? This is just a banana motherboard and the
>>> problem is in the bios stage itself. (bios says "Not installed")
>>> 
>>> If any of you can give me an explanation or a solution please do
>>
>>I'm amazed that you could even get the 40 wire cable to connect to the
>>same connector as the 80 wire. They're generally designed so that you
>>CAN'T do that.
> 
> Post a link showing the differences between connectors on 40 wire and
> those on 80 wire.

A piece of advice: don't hold your breath for that.



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