80 Pin Ide Cables

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 8:17 pm

I hooked up both my Maxtor Udma 33 10gig drives to a new 80 pin Cable, removing the old stock Ide cables . I have read (and it stated on the Belkin box in the store. I did not buy them, I had some at home) that this would increase my drive performance. I have been benchmarking with "Sandra" and I do not see any difference at all. Soyo 6BA + III mobo (FYI)

I understand it should help with data integrity but??? This tweak does not appear to be working for me.

colour · Post by **colour** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 8:54 pm

its the other way around, 33 turns 66 and 100 to 33 performance. 66 turns 100 to 66 performance.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:17 pm

I am using the same onboard controller. Just new cables. The way I understood it was that these were "Quality" cables and would help with performance. I understand what Colour is saying about the compatibility issue... I just thought I might get a slight bump in performance

spellpump · Post by **spellpump** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:22 pm

can you use those 80 pin cables with normal ide hd's? i think they're um 33mb.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:25 pm

they have a 40 pin connector but 80 wires. Thats my understanding. And they're working

freckmoto · Post by **freckmoto** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 10:47 pm

The 40 extra wires are grounds to prevent cross talk and allow signal transfer at the higher rates of UDMA 66/100. Theoretically, they might make UDMA 33 drives a bit better, but sandra isn't a gread HD bench anyway.

Freck