I have a 40-pin IDE ribbon cable with two connectors on it one in the
middle and one at the end (and of course the end for the connector for
the mother board so three total). I don’t need or care if it is cable
select. It came out of a computer that was maybe ten years old. I am
not sure what ATA standard it had.
I need a cable for an Ultra ATA/33 in another computer. The cable fits
on the hard drive so can I use?

"DJW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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I have a 40-pin IDE ribbon cable with two connectors on it one in the
middle and one at the end (and of course the end for the connector for
the mother board so three total). I don’t need or care if it is cable
select. It came out of a computer that was maybe ten years old. I am
not sure what ATA standard it had.
I need a cable for an Ultra ATA/33 in another computer. The cable fits
on the hard drive so can I use?

ALL IDE cables are 40 pin, newer ones have 80 conductors. For ATA 33 any
cable will do.

Mike.

In message <484c74f1$0$7044$(E-Mail Removed)> Claude Hopper (11)
5. ? <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Are the new round cables 40 or 80 conductors?

Generally 80, although you could make a 40 conductor version if you
really wanted.

when cable select first came out the enter connection was for the master,
the end for the slave.
Then, it was changed to master on the end, slave in the middle. So, it
depends on how old the cable is.

"Franc Zabkar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:13:55 -0700 (PDT), DJW <(E-Mail Removed)> put
> finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>>I have a 40-pin IDE ribbon cable with two connectors on it one in the
>>middle and one at the end (and of course the end for the connector for
>>the mother board so three total). I don't need or care if it is cable
>>select. It came out of a computer that was maybe ten years old. I am
>>not sure what ATA standard it had.
>>I need a cable for an Ultra ATA/33 in another computer. The cable fits
>>on the hard drive so can I use?
>
> Yes, just jumper the hard drive as master or slave or master with
> slave present, as required.
>
> - Franc Zabkar
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