I'd say that goes for 80 wire cables too. (NON-cable select.)
I've wanted to use a drive jumpered as Master on the center connector
and it would not work there.  As far as I could tell, the cable determined
the position the drive had to be in AND I had to jumper the drive correctly...

                                                      Rick Glazier

From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
> If the computer/mobo uses cable select, the position of the drives on the cable is critical.  You can see on your drives that the
jumper will be in position for it.

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