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ATA 133/100

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Jlreed77

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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?
 
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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
 
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.
 
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