ATA 66/100/133 cable

[bajigur]

Greetings,
Is there any difference among the 'special' ATA 66/100/133 cables (the blue, grey & black), i.e. can the ATA66 cable transfers same speed/capacity as the ATA133 ones, and how can one tell if the cable is 66 or 133?

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: bajigur
Greetings,
Is there any difference among the 'special' ATA 66/100/133 cables (the blue, grey & black), i.e. can the ATA66 cable transfers same speed/capacity as the ATA133 ones, and how can one tell if the cable is 66 or 133?

ATA133 cables can downgrade to lower specifications, but lower speed cables such as ATA66 cables cannot transfer at ATA100/133 speeds.

Bill

 

[thorin]

ATA66/100/133 all use the same cables. 80 wire 40 pin (half the wires act as insulators to prevent crosstalk). ATA33 uses only 40wire/40pin cables.

Thorin

 

[Goi]

I don't know where arcenite got his information, but I think thorin is right. ATA66/100/133 cables are all 80 conductor cables.

 

[thorin]

Originally posted by: Goi
I don't know where arcenite got his information, but I think thorin is right. ATA66/100/133 cables are all 80 conductor cables.

Ya I'm sorry but aRCeNiTe (aka Bill) is just wrong. Or perhaps he meant "ATA133/100/66 cables can be used at lower specifications, but lower speed ATA33 cables cannot transfer faster then ATA33 speeds (ie: ATA66/100/133 )."

Thorin

 

[arcenite]

Isn't that what I said?

Bill

 

[bsr]

ata133 is capable of transfering at 133+ MB/s, Im pretty sure that cables that are rated ata66 will not run at ata133, what you want to look for are 80 wire cables.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

but lower speed cables such as ATA66 cables cannot transfer at ATA100/133 speeds.

typo?

 

[thorin]

Originally posted by: bsr
ata133 is capable of transfering at 133+ MB/s, Im pretty sure that cables that are rated ata66 will not run at ata133, what you want to look for are 80 wire cables.

OMG ppl do you not read the posts in a thread before you add something? You maybe "pretty sure" but you're also pretty wrong.

ATA66/100/133 ALL USE 80 wire (40pin) cables.

ONLY ATA33 uses 40wire (40pin) cable.

Thorin

PS > Yes I could understand someone posting the same misinformation in a thread that was 60 posts long or if all the posts were some huge number of lines but this thread and these posts don't fall in to that category.

 

[arcenite]

oh yea sorry, yeah thorin i didn't mean to include 33 in there.

Bill

Edit: Wait, I said nothing about ATA33 in my post, ah

 

[bsr]

guess my info was flawed,, Im a bad bad person, dont listen to me. ;(

 

[thorin]

Heh DOH.....thorin sounds like a big grouch today......sry guys

Thorin

 

[arcenite]

*points* BIG GROUCH

You just confused me, that's all.

Bill

 

[bajigur]

Didn't expect such 'heated' discussion.... It's just simple curiosity... Looks like the conclusion is that they are all the same (ATA66/100/133, NOT ATA33 )

 

[Goi]

Originally posted by: bajigur
Didn't expect such 'heated' discussion.... It's just simple curiosity... Looks like the conclusion is that they are all the same (ATA66/100/133, NOT ATA33 )

Yes that's the general concensus. However, AFAIK, ATA66/100/133 are color coded differently though. There are blue and beige/light yellow, I think blue is ATA66 or ATA100(maybe both?) and the yellow is ATA133? Or am I smoking crack?

 

[SOSTrooper]

There are many different colors for ATA66/100/133 cables... colors do not make a difference. They're not coded for various speed. It's the drive's capability and the onboard controller that determines the speed.