ATA 100 with ATA 133 on same IDE Cable

[Dave McCreath]

Hi

After a bit of techie info. My Maxtor 60GB Ultra ATA-100 has just given up
the ghost, will not re-format - it's knackered! I have another drive,
exactly the same on the same IDE cable. I'm now looking at buying another
Maxtor HD to replace the knackered one but it is ATA-133. Can I put them
both the ATA-100 and ATA-133 on the same IDE cable?

Many thanks in advance.

Dave Mac

 

[Yves Leclerc]

YES. ATA 133 hard drive are compatible with all ATA modes (down to ATA 33).

 

[Guest]

Yes, but it works faster if the IDE cable is not the older product, but
supports the ATA/ATAPI-4 standard that introduced the Ultra DMA transfer mode
set.

A new cable was introduced to replace the old standby: the 80-conductor
IDE/ATA cable. The name is important: the new cable has 80 conductors
(wires)--it does not have 80 pins on each connector, though, just 40. This
means that the new cable is pin-compatible with the old drives.

 

[Bob Willard]

Hi

After a bit of techie info. My Maxtor 60GB Ultra ATA-100 has just given up
the ghost, will not re-format - it's knackered! I have another drive,
exactly the same on the same IDE cable. I'm now looking at buying another
Maxtor HD to replace the knackered one but it is ATA-133. Can I put them
both the ATA-100 and ATA-133 on the same IDE cable?

Many thanks in advance.

Dave Mac

Unless your MB is an antique, it will maintain separate speed tables for
each HD on each IDE. So, not only will those HDs work correctly on the
same cable, each will operate at its own best speed.