Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:42:46 +0200 | From | Teodor Iacob <> | Subject | Re: UDMA 133 on a 40 pin cable |
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Ok then after all .. what I see on my box could be a stupid IDE controller?
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:40:20PM -0800, Ross Biro wrote: > > > >#1 How is the 40/80 pin detection done at the hardware level ? > > > On the motherboard end of the 80 conductor cable, the connector shorts > one of the pins to ground (maybe pin 38). The ide controller just > checks to see if the pin is pulled low or not. Pulled low = 80 pin. > That's one of the reasons it's important to plug IDE cables in the > correct way. > > Ross >
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