ATA 133/100

[Jlreed77]

Can someone please explain the difference between ATA133/100/66/33. Can I use a Maxtor ATA 133 drive on an ABIT motherboard that has ATA 100? Are the cables the same?

 

[thorin]

"Consult the book of knowledge"

HD Interface and Standards FAQ

Yes you can use a ATA133 drive on a ATA100 interface (you may not be able to format it as a single huge partition though). You won't see any performance degradation as current drives don't even push the ATA66 evelope (best current drive according to SR.com only pushes ~48MB/Sec max, ~38 Average Sustained [barely above ATA33]).

Thorin

 

[4824guy]

And yes, the ata66, 100 and 133 ide cables are the same. They are 80 conductors, with 40 pin connectors. Ata33 cables use just 40 conductors.

 

[billyjak]

The new Abit's bios supports up to 137 gigs, so you can make 1 partition if you want.