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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:03:35 +0200
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
To:        Bohdan Tashchuk <tashchuk@easystreet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Incorrect identification of ultra dma ATA cables
Message-ID:  <20031205200335.5ac50bb9.itetcu@apropo.ro>
In-Reply-To: <3FD0C44B.7070004@easystreet.com>
References:  <200312040835.hB48ZX0F009505@mist.nodomain> <3FD0C44B.7070004@easystreet.com>

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On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:45:47 -0800
Bohdan Tashchuk <tashchuk@easystreet.com> wrote:

> Dan Strick wrote:
> > 
> > I tried three different 80 conductor UDMA cables.  I examined them
> > carefully.  I even checked for correct wiring of the PDIAG/CBLID
> > signal lines with an ohmmeter.
> 
> I've got one simple idea for you to try. You probably did this already 
> but you don't say so explicitly.
> 
> The 80 conductor cables are color coded. Blue connector goes to the 
> motherboard, black connector to the master drive, grey connector to the 
> slave drive.

:) 

Well, I'm just sitting here and waching a few 80 conductor cables and
they are:
black - black - black x 3
black - grey - black x 5
blue - grey - black x 1
red - grey - black x 1 

And the nice thing is that all are from Gigabyte motherboards boxes.



-- 
IOnut
Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user



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