What is the result of putting an ata100 and ata66 on the same ata100 chain?

[iamwiz82]

I'm curious to know if the ata66 will work at 66 while the ata100 works at 100

 

[MallowJr]

I have this question as well!
I have an ATA33 and ATA100 on the same chain (HAR!!!).
I'm hoping I wasn't slowed down by ata33...but it won't matter, I will be replacing that with an 80 gig ata100 SOON!!
HAR!!!!!!!!!!!!:disgust:

 

[IamDavid]

Everything runs @ the lowest speed on the chain.

 

[damien6]

It will run the slower ATA standard of the two.

 

[iamwiz82]

stranger quesiton now. I have an ATA 100 and an ATA66 HDD, which i have not installed yet. I have no more ATA100 channels left on my mobo, and i only have ata100 IDE cables. What if i put those HDDs on the ata33 channel with an ata100 cable. Crazy, eh...

 

[damien6]

Damn, I need to learn to type faster.

 

[MallowJr]

ARGH FRIENDS!
NOW I SEE!!
Ack where'd I put my ata 100 cable?
I think I gave it to my sister!! ARGH!! It'st he BLUE one!!!

Now I'll buy the 80 gig drive and take out my 10 gig 5400 ata33...BUT I NEED THE ATA100 CABLE AGAIN OR IT WONT WORK!
AHHH!!!!
OEM HDS COME WITH NOTHING!
DOES RETAIL EVEN COME WITH THE CABLE?

-ElmO SORRY FOR CAPS IM EXCITED BUYIGNA NEW COMP NOW

 

[Pabster]

The result is both devices will run at their maximum possible speed, even if they are on the same IDE channel. Modern IDE controllers allow devices to operate at different speeds on the same channel.

 

[damien6]

They're backward compatible, so what ever the slowest standard (controller, drives, etc...) in the chain, that's what you get. In your senario, it'll be ATA 33.

 

[MallowJr]

Do retail drives come with the ata100 cable?
if not, how much do these cost?
I thikn I hooked up my ata33 and ata100 drives on a slower cable cuz my sister got an ata100 drive and she needed a cable (guess it didnt co'me with it then!!)

 

[Raincity]

Sorry Folks, your just spreading around more misinformation again. Pabster is correct, Every modern chipset released in the last two years supports idependent device timing. Your drives will run at the maxium speed that the drive and chipset can support.

Rain

 

[MallowJr]

Great post raincity, great post pablo.
:disgust:

 

[damien6]

Retail box w/for hard drives include: hard drive (duh!), cable, HD mounting rails w/screws, HD untily floppy and instruction/jumper diagram sheet.

 

[Slapstick]

Depends on your chipset but I agree with Pabster that on newer chip sets both drive will run at their max speed. I have a Maxtor ata 66 drive and an IBM ata 100 installed in one of my PCs and both drives transfer the same whether they are on the same IDE channel or on separate channels. Same for another PC that I have a WD ata33 and an IBM ata100, transfers are the same whether they are on the same channel or on different channels. Of course your have to use an ata100 cable. Try it yourself and see if there is a difference.