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80 wire IDE drive cable?
Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need
an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? Thanks Andy |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
Previously Andrew Hamilton wrote:
Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? A computer store with competent clerks. 40 wire cables are by now historic artefacts. No current HDD works well with them. If no other source, then mail-order one. Arno |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? Thanks Andy As the other poster said, it's unlikely any computer store even stocks 40 wire cables any more. The 80 wire cables still have forty pin connectors, so your clerks are probably confused. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? A cattle prod to goose those ****wits with. Just buy what they sell and check that its got 80 wires before paying for it. Its obvious to look at. Dont buy the round ones, they are harder to check by eye and flout the standard anyway. |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
"Arno Wagner" wrote in message
Previously Andrew Hamilton wrote: Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? A computer store with competent clerks. 40 wire cables are by now historic artefacts. No current HDD works well with them. Wotanidjut. If no other source, then mail-order one. Arno |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
The 40 wire cable gives you UDMA 33, which is good enough for any DVD drive.
"Andrew Hamilton" wrote in message ... Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
Eric Gisin wrote:
The 40 wire cable gives you UDMA 33, which is good enough for any DVD drive. Wrong with the fastest write speeds. Andrew Hamilton wrote Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
The 80 wire and 40 wire look almost the same.
The 80 wire cables are 40 wire ribbon cables with 40 extra grounding wires. Should be able to find an "80 wire" at www.pricewatch.com or www.EBay.com or try www.surpluscomputers.com The 80 wire can be referred to as ATA100 or ATA133 ribbon cable. As current ATA/EIDE hard drive work at ATA100 or ATA133, any place that sells hard drives should stock the ATA100 ATA133 cables. "Andrew Hamilton" wrote in message ... Just bought a new DVD writer (got a good price). Manual says you need an 80 wire cable for optimal performance. At my local computer store, which is pretty big (but the clerks are clueless), all they had were regular 40 wire IDE cables. Clerks couldn't help me. What should I be looking for? Thanks Andy |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
"Rod Speed" wrote in message ...
Eric Gisin wrote: The 40 wire cable gives you UDMA 33, which is good enough for any DVD drive. Wrong with the fastest write speeds. 16X * 1.5MB/s = 24MB/s. Well under 33MB/s. |
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80 wire IDE drive cable?
"Eric Gisin" wrote in message ... "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Eric Gisin wrote: The 40 wire cable gives you UDMA 33, which is good enough for any DVD drive. Wrong with the fastest write speeds. 16X * 1.5MB/s = 24MB/s. Well under 33MB/s. 20X* 1.5MB/s=30MB/s, it's getting closer |
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