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Re: [LUG] building a PC

 

Tony Sumner wrote:
> It comes up with a strange message 'IDE channel 0 no 80-conductor
> cable installed', but why should there be, it's not SCSI so there is a
> 40-way cable as usual and setup reports C/H/S values in the usual
> way. Is it trying to tell me sonething? 
Newer IDE interfaces use 80 way cable now on just 40 pins, to enable
higher data transfer rates. It will run without but you might not be at
full bandwidth.

Robin




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