On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Isn't SATA one drive one connector? Your post is a bit vauge... > Correct. SATA is Serial, so 1:1 ratio. There is no such thing as Master/Slave in SATA. > 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). > The drive that is complaining about the cable not being 80 pin is Cable Select compatible. The 80 pin cable allows the IDE controller to sense which connector the drive is plugged into, thus eliminating the need for the Master/Slave jumper. Set it to CS and place it on Connector 1 for Master, Connector 2 for Slave. -Curt > EdB -- "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090422/0b9b2e84/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
