John Summerfield wrote: > ... >>>> I've checked the jumper settings - I will probably use Cable Select. >>>> >>> >>> You need a special cable for that. I've never seen one. >>> >> >> >> Haven't looked very hard then... I think you'd find it close to >> impossible >> to put your hands on a 80-pin IDE cable that *wasn't* cable-select. >> >> >> > > The crossover cables I have seen are for MFM drives and for floppy > disks. They have a section cable this has a twist in it. None of my ATA > cables, eithe r 40-pin or 80, has such a twist. They don't have a twist. They are just straight through cables. The difference is i think one line of the 80 onlygoes to the first connector. -- Paul <http://paulgear.webhop.net> -- I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -- Thomas Jefferson
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