IDE Cable Question

ralexand88 · 01-29-2003, 05:34 PM

I have one of those WD 80 gig special addition drives. I once notice that my HD scores are lower than other with the same drive. Recently i noticed that the drive has a cable with DMA 66 printed on it.

My drive is ATA 100. Does this cable hinder the performance of my drive or is it basically the same.

jcash · 01-29-2003, 05:36 PM

You need an ATA100 cable to run ATA100 HDD...YES...performance will suffer.

(You should have received an ATA100 cables with your Motherboard, provided the onboard IDE controller supports ATA100)

dddibley · 01-29-2003, 06:00 PM

Like jcash suggests, you need the 40pin/80 wire cable. ATA/66 should ship with one of those though??

You can get different scores with the same drive, depending whether its full or not. Defragging can make a big difference too.

ddd

Baud · 01-30-2003, 02:38 AM

ATA66 cables should be OK: they normally have 80 wires (and grey/black/blue connectors).
Maybe yours has a problem. You should try another one, and also try a second benchmark tool to confirm the problems: if you use Sandra, the HD benchmark results are influenced by the physical placement of the partitions on the disk.

01-29-2003, 05:34 PM	#1
ralexand88 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 199	IDE Cable Question I have one of those WD 80 gig special addition drives. I once notice that my HD scores are lower than other with the same drive. Recently i noticed that the drive has a cable with DMA 66 printed on it. My drive is ATA 100. Does this cable hinder the performance of my drive or is it basically the same.
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01-29-2003, 05:36 PM	#2
jcash ~Not an Expert~ Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,678	You need an ATA100 cable to run ATA100 HDD...YES...performance will suffer. (You should have received an ATA100 cables with your Motherboard, provided the onboard IDE controller supports ATA100)
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01-29-2003, 06:00 PM	#3
dddibley Time well wasted Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2,276	Like jcash suggests, you need the 40pin/80 wire cable. ATA/66 should ship with one of those though?? You can get different scores with the same drive, depending whether its full or not. Defragging can make a big difference too. ddd
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01-30-2003, 02:38 AM	#4
Baud Member LOL Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 936	ATA66 cables should be OK: they normally have 80 wires (and grey/black/blue connectors). Maybe yours has a problem. You should try another one, and also try a second benchmark tool to confirm the problems: if you use Sandra, the HD benchmark results are influenced by the physical placement of the partitions on the disk.
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