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July 30th 03, 04:03 AM
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Hard Drive Question
Are most harddrives backwards compatible? I am looking at MAXTOR 60GB
7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # 6Y060L0 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY DiamondMax Plus 9 Specifications: Size: 60 Gigabytes Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133 Seek time: 9 msec RPM:7200 Cache 2MB and it only says ATA133. So I don't have to have a special cable? Thanks maybe I can return the favor in information one day. 
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July 30th 03, 04:33 AM
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If you are talking about the old 40 pin flat ribbon cable, then yes. It
should work. However, make sure your drive is set to "master" (for single Hard drive) or "slave" (for second hard drive on same cable). Do not use "cable select" because that jumper only works with the 80 pin flat cable. Hope this helps, D. "jm" wrote in message news:JzGVa.15058$Ho3.2592@sccrnsc03... Are most harddrives backwards compatible? I am looking at MAXTOR 60GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # 6Y060L0 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY DiamondMax Plus 9 Specifications: Size: 60 Gigabytes Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133 Seek time: 9 msec RPM:7200 Cache 2MB and it only says ATA133. So I don't have to have a special cable? Thanks maybe I can return the favor in information one day.
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July 30th 03, 05:42 AM
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Howdy!
"D" wrote in message ... If you are talking about the old 40 pin flat ribbon cable, then yes. It should work. However, make sure your drive is set to "master" (for single Hard drive) or "slave" (for second hard drive on same cable). Do not use "cable select" because that jumper only works with the 80 pin flat cable. It DOES? *looks at Compaq 40 wire cable select cable stuck to the desk as a trophy* That's rather news to some of us ... Although your TYPICAL 40 wire cable isn't cable select, true. But it doesn't "only work with the 80 pin flat cable", either. RwP
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July 30th 03, 11:42 AM
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D wrote:
If you are talking about the old 40 pin flat ribbon cable, then yes. It should work. However, make sure your drive is set to "master" (for single Hard drive) or "slave" (for second hard drive on same cable). Do not use "cable select" because that jumper only works with the 80 pin flat cable. I believe it's actually 80 wire cable, not 80 pin. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCS-c.html Tom
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