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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:12:37 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        Juha Saarinen <juhasaarinen@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Subject:   Re: non-ATA66 cable?
Message-ID:  <20061023220649.M12795@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061023135011.GA11941@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
References:  <726CFBB1-2BB1-42A5-8A8F-96B880D316A3@HiWAAY.net> <p0624081ac161c33480b1@128.113.24.47> <b34be8420610222022u6dfa3053n9799958c22f673c7@mail.gmail.com> <20061023135011.GA11941@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, David Kelly wrote:

> As for the cable on backwards, its keyed with a tab on the outside
> perimeter and inside with a blocked hole or two. Should be very hard to
> install incorrectly.

They were talking about the wrong connector going to the drive, not the 
connector being miskeyed.  80-wire ATA cables should have a blue, gray, 
and black connector, which should go to motherboard, slave, and master 
respectively.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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