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Number   :  1195
Date     :  2001-12-26
Author   :  Dwayne Reid
Subject  :  Re: slow boot up time
Size(KB) :  1



>
>Here's my experience which illustrate the importance of
>the cabling.
>
>Recently, when I was setting up a new
>system with a fast disk, I encountered a strange problem.
>The problem was traced to the way the 40-pin ribbon cable
>was attached to the two drives. I was using a high
>quality ATA100 compliant ribbon cable (80 conductors
>with every other lines grounded). The only difference
>was which way the ribbon cable was attached.
>
>Case 1: (did not work)
>
> Mother board Disk1 Disk2
> ||===========||===========================||
>
>Case 2 (worked)
>
> Mother board Disk1 Disk2
> ||============================||==========||

Hi there, Kan.

Now you know why the connector at one end of the cable has a different 
color! That connector is what connects all the shield (ground) wires in 
the cable and must be plugged into the mother-board.

dwayne



Dwayne Reid 
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA
(780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax

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