On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:27:24 -0600, "Brian A."
gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:

"Ken Dibble" wrote in message
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I assumed the IDE cable I got to connect this disk to the Promise card
was standard. It's got a standard-looking end on it. So I don't
understand why it's complaining about 40-connector vs 80-connector
issues--unless half the holes on this cable's terminals aren't
actually wired. Is there such a thing as an 80-connector IDE cable
that I can get? If so, will it solve my problem? In other words, is
this simply a speed issue?

Yes there is such a puppy and that's what you need to use, it's known as
an 80 wire/40 pin IDE ribbon/data cable. Almost all of todays HD and
CD/DVD drives require them.

Thanks, Brian. See my reply to DadiOH.