On Sunday 24 September 2006 17:56, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 16:39 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > However, I do recall that many years ago my supplier suggested that I > > didn't use CS (so that now it has become a habit) because at that time > > some motherboards and some cables did not handle CS properly. > > Not a "motherboard" issue, it can't be. > It would have to be the IDE connectors, if it was a motherboard issue. > Yes, you can have problems if you try to use cable select without a > cable select cable. Yes, you can have problems if you have a drive that > doesn't play nicely. > I think that all 80-wire cables are cable-select compatible, but when 80-wire cables first started appearing most people were still using 40-wire. What's more, many of those cables didn't have a clear board-end and drive-end - the connectors were sometimes quite evenly spaced and could be used either way. The first time I had some 80-wire cables I was surprised to find the board end colour-coded. > But it's a drive and cable issue, not motherboard issue. Either the > cable, or the jumpers, configure each drive as master or slave. > > If you have a motherboard that cannot handle masters and slaves, then > it's going to balls-up regardless of which method you use to set up the > drives. > I'm sure it would, but I've never come across one like that. Anne
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