On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:21:18 +0800, Edward <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > On Monday 29 November 2004 08:08, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > > >>>Oddly enough, I've never known that there was such a beast as a "cable- > >>>select cable" or a "non-cable-select cable" even though I've built at > >>>least 200 systems. I've just always jumpered drives as master/slave as > >>>required. > >>> > >>>How would one detect which type of cable it is? > >> > >>One of my UDMA cables has 2 different colored connectors (blue & black?) > >>and can be used with Cable-Select.... > > > > > > I only discovered that quite recently. I think it' part of the spec from ATA-3 > > which basically means all contemporary kit. > > > > Dunno about those 40-pin cables you still see at Tricky Dick and Tandy and > > such. > > 40 CORE (they both use 40 pin btw) cable - doesn't matter which is > master slave or even motherboard connector. > > 80 CORE cable can cause havoc if you do not stick to the order: > BLUE - MOTHERBOARD > BLACK - MASTER > GREY - SLAVE > > Any other combination can cause real problems, or minor ones depending > on motherboard. I've never seen an incorrectly wired IDE cable run at > ATA-5 speed properly. > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Maybe a little off topic here, but I know at one point in time I had a cdrom in cable select mode and, games like quake, the cd audio sounded like dirt. I mean it played and all, but when I put another drive on that cable and jumpered the drive, it fixed my problem. I was bewildered by that for a long time. -Matt
