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Date:      Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:24:35 -0400
From:      ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
To:        Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>
Cc:        tomdean@speakeasy.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DMS limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 compliant cable error msg
Message-ID:  <20020416212435.1be72a6a.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
In-Reply-To: <20020416181504.J23267@rain.macguire.net>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:15:04 -0700
Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> wrote:

> If the motherboard ide chipset supports ata66, you shouldn't need a pci
> controller.

 You missed that part. The motherboard only supports ATA33

>  Old regular IDE cables do look nearly the same as newer
> ata66 cables, however they're manufactured to different specifications,
> and physically the ata66 cables are thinner. There are also ata100 and I
> assume now ata133 cables too.

 So is there any difference at the back the hard drive? where the cable
connects? or is this just a fancy cable. 

-gf

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