As far as I understand the standard, the 80 wire cable is only required 
for ATA-100 and up.

Cheers/2

Ed.

Dale A Cook wrote:
> 
>                                             I have an I/O Magic brand 16x 
> Dual-Layer dvd burner that  reports   ATA-66 during boot-up(using 80wire 
> cable!).......HONEST!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Felix Miata" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 7:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [OS2HW] DVD Drive Via SCSI or IDE ???
> 
> 
>> Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:
>>
>>>      Any importance to have an 80 wire cable?  Or is a 40 wire
cable good
>>> enough here?
>> The S1590 ATA controller max speed is 33. 80 wire is required for best
>> results with speed 66 and up. I don't think any CDRW drives are more
>> than 33 either, so 80 probably isn't even required there. Even so, 80
>> wire is an excellent cable, so it couldn't hurt either.
>> -- 
>> "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
>>                                                Philippians 4:13 NIV
>>
>> Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
>>
>> Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/


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