Edna, You shouldn't have a problem using an older cable, although you will not benefit from ATA66. The ATA66 controllers are backwards compatible with the ATA33 standard. --- Edna Sloan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I just received an ATA66 drive, it was OEM and came > w/o a cable. Can I use > the older cables on it as an ata33? thanks, Edna > Sloan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html