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Re: ATA66 Drive
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Ultra <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:14:22 +1100
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It is ok to use normal IDE cable with UDMA66 drive, then drive will act
as a UDMA33 device. To take advantage of UDMA66 interface, you have to
use the new 80 wire IDE cable (still 40pin connector), it looks like a
normal IDE cable but each of its pin is assigned to 2 wires.

Jun Qian

Alan Eugene Davis wrote:

> I have just received a 13.5GB IBM  ATA66 drive.  I have been thinking
> that I can install it using regular IDE cables.

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