On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote: > 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. > > I thought about a PCI card, but I wonder if it is worth the money to shave a couple of minutes off a DVD burn. Right now I am at around 8 minutes. I don't reckon that is too bad. It is better than the 14 or 15 minutes that I was used to. Maybe if I can find a card for the right price... Thanks, Kevin