Arun Khan wrote:
What brand name motherboards are you using? I have been using MSI (Microstar), ASUS, Intel and have not had any problems with the cables supplied in their kits.
I found the problems in Intel and other boards (can't recollect) too.
The thin wire IDE cables support ATA100/133. The regular IDE cables support upto ATA66. I would suggest you buy (or borrow) known good quality ATA100/133 cables and ensure there are no sharp folds in the ribbon layout.
I know their speciality but they don't seem to do the job. In my own system when it was being newly assembled about 2 years ago, my XP oem would not install and threw up an error. The hdd was given back to the dealer and the next hdd worked. The dealer reported that the one returned was also working. I used my system for about a year and then I had a spare cd rom so I made it the primary slave and the delayed bootup started. The cable was replaced with an older type and everyhing's fine.
If you have an ATA100/133 HDD, connected with a "regular" IDE cable then the performance scale down.
It may reduce but is hardly noticable as the systems that I take over are tuned to give top speed.
Regards,
Rony.