ATA ribbon cable

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John Smith

I have two HDs attached to the same ATA ribbon cable and they work
fine. If I reverse the cable (master end to the CPU board), BIOS
doesn't recognize both drives. But some other cables do not have
this problem. What's the difference?
 
John Smith wrote:
> I have two HDs attached to the same ATA ribbon cable and they work
> fine. If I reverse the cable (master end to the CPU board), BIOS
> doesn't recognize both drives. But some other cables do not have
> this problem. What's the difference?

Pin 28 is not continuous through the length of the cable.

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/conf_CS.htm

Paul
 
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