Re: ATA66 controller/cable question

[Patrick Giagnocavo <a222@redrose.net>]

on 1/1/2001 9:57 PM, Ben Bullock at brb@meadvillelibrary.org wrote:

> Just out of
> curiosity, would there be any risk of damaging the drive(s) and/or
> controller if I connected a second, older IDE drive to this controller
> as a slave using this cable?  My guess is that the answer is "no," but I
> have no documentation for the Promise controller, so I'm not sure it
> will work at all with older drives.

There is not a case where there will be damage.  If the ATA66 device thinks
that the 80-pin cable is "not right" it will drop back to the slower mode.
I would hook up a second drive to a different IDE channel if at all
possible.