ATA vs PATA?

[ed-j 0]

Is there any difference?

 

I have a new 80G Maxtor PATA 133 drive that will not work in an IDE caddy I have just bought. I have a new 80G Seagate Ultra drive that works fine in the caddy, just the same as all my old IDE drives.

 

I am using Linux Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).

 

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Many thanks! :-)

[danleff 0]

Could you post the model numbers of the two drives?

 

Also the make and model of the caddy?

[ed-j 0]

Hi Danleff!

 

Seagate Barracuda 80Gbytes ULTRA ATA

 

7200.10

 

S/N: 9QZ0VXFV

 

ST 380215A

 

P/N: 9CY011-30

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Maxtor DiamondMax 20 80GB PATA ULTRA ATA

 

STM3802110A

 

S/N: 9LR42CY6

 

P/N: 9DN011-36

 

3.5 Series 7200.9

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Caddy = StarTech DRW113ATABK (The spare drawer being the DRW113CADBK).

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This is the first time I've looked so closely at the drives, I usually just see the Gbytes part!

 

I noticed it says on the drives: Use CSL only with an 80 Conductor cable. I am using a rounded cable at the moment but I have several others which I have tried with the caddy. The result is the same: The Seagate works, the Maxtor doesn't.

 

Could you please tell me how to tell the difference between an 80 and a 40 conductor cable?

 

Thank you for your reply. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

All the best! :-)

[Wilhelmus 1]

Originally Posted By: elfedjay

Could you please tell me how to tell the difference between an 80 and a 40 conductor cable?

See this site:
Ultra DMA (80-Conductor) IDE/ATA Cables.

[ed-j 0]

Wilhelmus!

 

Excellent link, thank you very much!