Re: Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk

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From: �n�hw��f
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:42

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ClueLess <clueless@wilderness.org.invalid> clouded the waters of
pure thought with news:j0ino5p7hrvcjpd357c0o7338tqtp5ta5n@4ax.com: 

> 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
> 

Sekrit klew hidden inside this very 0bsCuRe web article which took me 
twenny seconds to locate!

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html

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