40 pin v 80 pin cable on drive q
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Posted by senn on February 21, 2005, 1:14 am
Please log in for more thread options I have a question. I recently went to visit a pc repair shop. I was there about a job but thats a different story. I was told something about cables and drives. I cant remember exactly. but along these lines. either an 80 pin cable on a 40 pin drive will kill the 40 pin drive or a 40 pin cable on an 80 pin drive will kill the 80 pin drive. can anyone clarify this as i had never heard it before. as I do pc support I wouldnt want to corrupt a drive by accident. If need be I would rather pay a few bucks to stock up on the 2 types of cable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by SteveH on February 20, 2005, 4:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options Anyhow, you won't kill the drive. If you put a 40 core cable on a newer drive, it will run slower, and you'll probably get a BIOS warning to this effect. All drives seem to work fine with 80core cables however. SteveH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by senn on February 21, 2005, 11:13 am
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> >I have a question.
> > > > I recently went to visit a pc repair shop. > > > > I was there about a job but thats a different story. > > > > I was told something about cables and drives. > > > > I cant remember exactly. > > > > but along these lines. > > > > either an 80 pin cable on a 40 pin drive will kill the 40 pin drive or a > > 40 > > pin cable on an 80 pin drive will kill the 80 pin drive. > > > > can anyone clarify this as i had never heard it before. > > > > as I do pc support I wouldnt want to corrupt a drive by accident. > > > > If need be I would rather pay a few bucks to stock up on the 2 types of > > cable. > > > Sorry, but if you are doing PC support and haven't heard of this before..
> > Anyhow, you won't kill the drive. If you put a 40 core cable on a newer > drive, it will run slower, and you'll probably get a BIOS warning to this > effect. All drives seem to work fine with 80core cables however. > > SteveH well i had heard of 40 pin versus 80 pin cable. just hadnt heard it would ruin a drive before. someone else suggested maybe data corruption would occur. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Will Dormann on February 20, 2005, 11:17 pm
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senn wrote: > well i had heard of 40 pin versus 80 pin cable.
Pssst! 80-conductor ide cables have 40 pins... -- -WD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by senn on February 21, 2005, 3:12 pm
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> senn wrote:
> > well i had heard of 40 pin versus 80 pin cable.
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yes i know the pins are actually the same number. its just i heard it called
> Pssst! 80-conductor ide cables have 40 pins... > 80 pin v 40 pin. hence the name. i just know it as blue ends versus normal color. *lol* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I recently went to visit a pc repair shop.
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> I was there about a job but thats a different story.
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> I was told something about cables and drives.
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> I cant remember exactly.
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> but along these lines.
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> either an 80 pin cable on a 40 pin drive will kill the 40 pin drive or a
> 40
> pin cable on an 80 pin drive will kill the 80 pin drive.
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> can anyone clarify this as i had never heard it before.
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> as I do pc support I wouldnt want to corrupt a drive by accident.
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> If need be I would rather pay a few bucks to stock up on the 2 types of
> cable.
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