13 Aug
2008
13 Aug
'08
9:49 a.m.
On 13 Aug 2008 at 9:12, Eric J Korpela wrote:
The concept of "cable select" hadn't
been invented when this machine
was built. Use master/slave.
Is not the operation of "cable select" a function of the cable and
not the mobo? If the OP is using a "cable select" IDE cable, he can
use CS with no problem.
That business with him mentioning CS is what made me wonder if he
wasn't also using a UDMA cable (which by the standard also supports
CS). (It's starting to get pretty hard to find *new* non-UDMA cables
nowadays). If that's the case, then any UDMA-capable drives will be
operating in that mode, which will not work with his old system. If
he's using non-UDMA drives, then the cable won't matter.
Cheers,
Chuck