ata cables & cd-roms, rw's & dvd's

[lhgpoobaa]

Question.
Do any current cd rom drives, cd burners or dvd drives use the 80 pin ata66/100 cable?

Question 2.
ive got a sony 52x cd-rom and a ricoh 12x10x32 burner.
im pretty sure both are happy on a 40 pin ata33 cable. im correct in that assumption arnt i?

My Hamster wishes to express his grattitude in advance.

My Hamster has 512MB of SDRAM @ 150Mhz CAS 2!

 

[Arrow]

To the best of my knowledge, there are none of those listed devices that use the ATA66 or ATA100 standard. You can still use an ATA66/100 cable on an ATA33 device though; it's backwards compatible.

Both your CDROM and CDRW will be fine on the ATA33 cable/port.

Rob
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[ejsmith2]

When I was using my old computer, the 6.4gig ibm drive got about 8 meg/sec with a 40c cable. It jumped up to 8.7meg/sec when I threw in an 80c cable. I think you get a little more 'efficiency', but whether it will speed you up is another matter. I use nothing but 80c cables, now.