Isn't SATA one drive one connector? Your post is a bit vauge...
On IDE to get full 133MB/s (which is still theoretical max) speed you need an
80 connector cable (still 40 pins though) where one connector is for master and
the other for slave. I've even got a computer that complains if the cable isn't
80 pin and could be (meaning the drive supports it).
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:44:46 -0400
From: Ed Booher <edboo...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - New computer
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote:
> It's really not that difficult. Each HD will have a diagram showing where
> to place a jumper to make one HD the master and one the slave. Using
> tweezers make it the easier. It really is
*Most* new computers, and as such most new OEM ATA drives, do not even ship
with a Master or Slave configuration. There is a third option, called Cable
Select, that allows you to put the drive in on any open IDE connector and
have it work, again provided that the computer is only a couple of years
old. The cable itself becomes the determinator as to whether the drive is
configured as Master or Slave.
Most *drives* made in the last, oh, 7 years have the CS setting. But
computers have only recently started using it properly.
EdB
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