Alan Pope wrote: > On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 17:12 +0100, Darren Mansell wrote: > >> STONE COLD wrote: >> >>> just checked and the ide cable is not connected to anything else...out >>> of interest...the ide cable is 20 something connector at the back of >>> the rom? :) >>> >>> The rom was brand new and i have not updated the firmware! >>> >>> >> 80 ;-) >> > > 40 ;-) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics > > Cheers, > Al. > 80 ;-))
/"Even with the advantage of double transition clocking, going above 33 MB/s finally exceeded the capabilities of the old 40-conductor standard IDE cable <http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable.html>. To use Ultra DMA modes over 2, a special, 80-conductor IDE cable <http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA.html#> is required. This cable uses the same 40 pins as the old cables, but adds 40 ground lines between the original 40 signals to separate those lines from each other and prevent interference and data corruption. I discuss the 80-conductor in much more detail here <http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80.html>. (The 80-conductor cable was actually specified in ATA/ATAPI-4 along with the first Ultra DMA modes, but it was "optional" for modes 0, 1 and 2.)"/ http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA.html The drive is capable of UDMA Mode 4 and wouldn't work well at all at DMA or PIO http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=204&Itemid=67 <http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=204&Itemid=67> so an 80 conductor cable is pretty much a must on this drive and almost any modern optical writers. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
