You can still use same 40 wires IDE cable, however the ATA66 drive will run at
33. To take advantage of 66, you have to use new 80 wires IDE cable, and your
mobo has to support ATA66. There are PCI ATA66 controller card available.
Jun Qian
Tim Payne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a new HP Brio200 with an ATA33 hard drive. My question is, can I
> place a second hard drive into this PC that is ATA66? If so, would I need a
> different flat cable?
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