Another dumb question on IDE cables...

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I have a Audigy sound card with the "Live- drive" I/O attached via a ATA
33/66 40- pin cable. I would like to replace it with a round UV IDE cable. I
think that they are all ATA 133/166 80-pin. Are these newer-type cables
backwards compatible, so that I can replace the old 40-pin ribbon cables
with one of these without affecting function?

 

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Jim Caldwell wrote:

> I have a Audigy sound card with the "Live- drive" I/O attached via a ATA
> 33/66 40- pin cable. I would like to replace it with a round UV IDE cable. I
> think that they are all ATA 133/166 80-pin.

No such animal. Any ATA100 or 133 cable is 80-wire.
The connectors are all 40-pin.


-WD

 

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Yea, of course....not "80-pin" but "80-wire". Thanks for the good answers
to both questions! Jim
"Jim" <null@null.com> wrote in message
news:4Acfc.2646$Yf6.1280@fed1read07...
> Despite the error in description, the basic answer is Yes, typically, a
> standard 40-wire 40-pin IDE connector can be replaced w/ an 80-wire 40-pin
> IDE connector, it's backward compatible. Here's an example (
> http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?cid=420&pid=10361 ). Notice
that
> the description specifically refers to backward compatibility w/ ATA33
HDs,
> optical drives, ZIP, etc.
>
> Jim
>
>
> "Will Dormann" <wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:E4cfc.13915$ci4.1939@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> > Jim Caldwell wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Audigy sound card with the "Live- drive" I/O attached via a
> ATA
> > > 33/66 40- pin cable. I would like to replace it with a round UV IDE
> cable. I
> > > think that they are all ATA 133/166 80-pin.
> >
> > No such animal. Any ATA100 or 133 cable is 80-wire.
> > The connectors are all 40-pin.
> >
> >
> > -WD
>
>

 

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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:41:40 GMT, Will Dormann
<wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

>Jim Caldwell wrote:
>
>> I have a Audigy sound card with the "Live- drive" I/O attached via a ATA
>> 33/66 40- pin cable. I would like to replace it with a round UV IDE cable. I
>> think that they are all ATA 133/166 80-pin.
>
>No such animal. Any ATA100 or 133 cable is 80-wire.
>The connectors are all 40-pin.
>
>
>-WD

IIRC, ATA66 is where they started using 80 wire cables.