[ale] ata 100 and RH 7.0

Chris Ricker kaboom at gatech.edu
Tue Jan 23 07:57:45 EST 2001


On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Michael Smith wrote:

> To Begin with, I believe an 40 pin 80 conductor cable is required to
> use these hard drives.  I don't know for sure but my MB guide said that to
> run at Ultra DMA Mode 5, this cable was required.  I believe these cables
> are needed because of the interference or noise that occur on the 40
> conductor 40 pin wires.  You can pick one up at Comp USA for about 30 - 40
> bucks.

Or you can pick them up at a more reasonable computer store for $6 - $8
bucks.

Is CompUSA *really* charging that much for an IDE cable?

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
                                              chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu

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