Hard drive cable question -

[Markku Kolkka]

bobgoodwin kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 23. 
helmikuuta 2006 01:48):
> Does it matter which forty pin connector plugs into the master
> and slave drives?

Blue connector goes to motherboard, the black connector at cable 
end is for the master and the grey connector in the middle is 
for the slave.

> I thought "cable select" cables had wires obviously crossed in
> the ribbon cable but that may not be true with this 80 wire
> ribbon?

You're thinking of floppy cables. IDE cables with cable select 
have one conductor cut or disconnected between master and slave 
connectors.

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