Hard drive cable question -

[Mike McCarty]

Wolfgang Gill wrote:
> Nope it doesn't matter. Drive selects are done with jumpers on the drive. All
> IDE 40/80 pin cables are straight through, so the drive itself govens whether
> it's master or slave. When I only have one drive, I use the middle connector,

You were ok up to here.

> and hide the other one out of the way, to give me better casing air flow.

And ringing on the cable. Don't do that. If you want to shorten the
cable, that's fine, but don't leave it unterminated that way.

Mike
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