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ATA 133, IDE???????? please help some doubts here

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Artemis
Artemis Original post #1
Jun 4, 2008 at 12:16 AM
I have a PATA HDD, for a round IDE cable what should I buy??? I'm really confused by the ATA 133 and stuff, which one should I buy, I also need a round cable for my Optical drive but i see there's no other option, so will the ATA 133 one work??? please solve my doubts... Also the pins fitting in the IDE optical drive is different than the HDD ATA and there's even one less in the latter one, please help
techtronic
techtronic #2
Jun 4, 2008 at 4:39 AM
IDE Cables have 40 Pins, the 100/133 refers only to the Data Transfer Speed, nothing else.
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acewin #3
Jun 4, 2008 at 5:40 AM
and its same as SATA-150(also known as SATA) and SATA-300(known as SATA-II) where 150 and 300 says speed