DVD burner 40 or 80 pin ide cable....

[kenmo]

Does it matter whether you use a 40 or 80 pin ide cable ?
My burner is a LG4120B.

TIA

[redwudz]

Not really with a slower device like a DVD, but I would still use a 80 conductor cable (The pin count is the same on both) because it has extra ground leads and this may lessen the chance of electrical interference.

[QuaiBoy]

If the burner operates in PIO Mode 4 or ATA/33, then a 40 pin cable is appropriate. If it operates at ATA/66 or higher then an 80 pin is required. Depending on your computer it may or may not inform you to use a 80 pin cable if a 40 pin is installed in such drives. If you have an 80 pin available use it.

Best of Luck,
-Evan-

[ViRaL1]

Are there any optical drives that operate above ATA-33? Even 16x is only about 21MB.

[QuaiBoy]

Are there any optical drives that operate above ATA-33? Even 16x is only about 21MB.

Yeah, I've encountered a few with ATA/66 electronics... not that they need them (as you pointed out). Have yet to see an ATA/100 optical drive, but it would be a good promotional spec.

-Evan-