Cable Select vs. Master/slave settings

[Thomas Taylor]

On Monday 08 August 2005 10:05, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> --- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 August 2005 15:53, Tony Nelson wrote:
> > >At 3:19 PM -0400 8/7/05, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >>Nice idea Claude, but can you tell us how to tell the difference
> > >>between the cables so that we can properly identify them?
> > >

>>>>> snip <<<<<

>
> 18" max?
>
> I just orded two new UDMA 66/100/133 ROUND (inclosed) cables for my
> system that are 24" long.  They also had 36" lengths..

18" would be the guaranteed performance figure for unshielded flat cable.  A 
newer HIGH QUALITY round cable should be fully shielded.  I've used both 24" 
and 32" without problems.  Caution says to route the cables away from the 
motherboard, fans and the power supply.

Tom

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