"Primary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed"

[spanky]

when my computer boots up... i get that messege during POST. a lazy google search tells me that this is becuz i am using a 40 pin ide cable. but this is not the case. i am using an 80 pin cable that came with my seagate hd. anyone else have this messege pop up on them? specs for my rig here.

 

[zzzz]

try changing the cable
Also check if you have put the blue connector to the mobo.

 

[DeRusto]

yes, a likely cause of this problem is that you have the cable connected backwards.. try making sure that the blue connector (or colored connector, mine is green) is connected to the motherboard

this is how they should be set up

blue - motherboard
grey- slave drive
black- master drive

 

[bacillus]

i am using an 80 pin cable

shouldn't that be 40 pin??

 

[DeRusto]

no, 80-pin is right.

his hard drive came with a cable, that would logically be a 80-pin udma-66/100 cable because his hard drive supports it.

there are still only 40 pins that connect to the board..and hard drive, but there are 40 other wires to provide insulation. i guess they call it an 80-pin connector to distinguish it from the old udma-33 40-pin cables.

 

[bacillus]

there are still only 40 pins that connect to the board

so you agree with me then?

 

[DeRusto]

no, i do not agree with you.

the term '80-pin cable' was used to distinguish the cable from a ata-33 cable, because the ata-66/100 cables actually do have 80 conductors.

in a sense, i suppose i am agreeing by saying that the cable still does only use 40 pins..but i was just trying to clarify why this term was used

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: DeRusto
yes, a likely cause of this problem is that you have the cable connected backwards.. try making sure that the blue connector (or colored connector, mine is green) is connected to the motherboard

this is how they should be set up

blue - motherboard
grey- slave drive
black- master drive

DeRusto has your solution,you need to connect a 80wire cable in a specific order or it will default to ata33.

blue - motherboard
grey- slave drive
black- master drive

 

[spanky]

cool. i think the color thing is my problem thanx fella's

 

[Pederv]

80 conductor cable/ 40 pin connector

I don't call it an 80 pin cable.

 

[DeRusto]

Nonetheless, spanky's original post used the term '80-pin' while it may not be exactly the right term, it is still used to mean the same thing as '80-conductor'. I wasn't actually saying that 80-pin had anything to do with the actual cable having 80-pins, I was merely stating why the term had been used.

In any case, the term '80 conductor cable' would be correct