[G4] 8X burns VS. 16X burns

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

Read here to find out about the 40 vs. 80 pin IDE / ATA cables...

It is all about shielding apparently so yes they still have 40 wires  
that transfer data...

http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80.html

So the mac might have already had a 80 wire cable in it? If you are  
wondering what might be the limit to 16X burns it might be the actual  
ATA bus in the G4. Which I believe is an ATA 33 controller for most  
G4's.  Again another situation where a faster ATA PCI card would be  
useful.

Daniel J. Brieck Jr.



On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:29 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:

>
> On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:57 PM, James Pacyga wrote:
>
>
>> Interesting.  Let us know if it works after you get the cable.
>>
>> jim
>>
>>
>
> Well, here is the follow up.  I picked up a 80 Pin cable today and  
> installed it.  Unfortunately, no improvement.  I'd swear it is the  
> same cable  that is already in my G4.  They both have 40 pin IDE  
> connectors.  They both have the same color connectors...Blue for  
> the motherboard, gray for the first connector, and black for the  
> last connector.  And, they both appear to have the same number of  
> wires.  If any one that has been able to achieve true 16X burns on  
> their G4, I would love to here how to do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
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