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Can IDE cable's end connector be left idle ( w-o affecting data transfer ) ?
Per www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html
"Using the middle connector and leaving the end connector unattached ...... leaves part of the cable "dangling". This is called a stub and creates much worse electrical characteristics on the cable, due to reflections from the unterminated ends of the cable wires. It is not recommended." I 1st ignored this warning, & found my Toshiba cd drive ( using cable select, & assigned by Award bios as 2nd channel's slave device ) though can play any VCD just as well, cannot pass BCM diagnostic ( blue screen of "fatal error" appears in Win98se ) unless I use the end connector of this 80 wire cable to connect this drive ( i.e. bios assigned as master device ) to my ( VIA ) kt266a 's hdd controller. Does any1 here have a similar experience ? If this warning is valid, then why does no mboard / hdd / cdd / dvd / cable manufacturer warn users of this requirement ? |
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