Hard drive cable question -

[Markku Kolkka]

Gene Heskett kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 23. 
helmikuuta 2006 03:13):
> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:04, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> >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.
>
> Hummm, I've been told the black end is the mobo end.  Lemme
> look at mine.

The color coding is specified in the ATA standard:
http://t13.org/project/d1410r3b-ATA-ATAPI-6.pdf
Annex A.1.2 80-conductor cable assembly using the 40-pin 
connector:
"The System Board connector shall have a blue
base and a black or blue retainer. The Device 0 Connector shall 
have a black base and a black retainer. The
Device 1 Connector shall have a gray base and a black or gray 
retainer."

-- 
 Markku Kolkka
 markku.kolkka at iki.fi