Re: Harddrive VERY slow

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:44:34 +0000

gdenehy wrote:

>Well I did not know that! Thanks!
>Is that REALLY going to make it that slow tho??? There are not 80 pins
>on the connectors, so how could it make it drop down to 4MB/s?

80 wires into 40 pin plugs. The intermediate wires are (shared)
additional ground to shield signals But an ATA 66 cable should already
have them 

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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