ata33 ata66

[flekso]

i have an ata66 cable connected to an ata33 controller and a sole cdrw
master on it. now the burning(xp) works flawlessly but reading from the disc
in the same drive is not possible(i/o error), but if i insert the disc in
the dvd drive it reads it ok.

could it be that the ata66 cables are a nono for ata33 ???

thanks

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

The 80 wire - 40 pin cable is backward compatible. Could be a defective
cable though!

"flekso" > wrote in message
...
> i have an ata66 cable connected to an ata33 controller and a sole cdrw
> master on it. now the burning(xp) works flawlessly but reading from the
disc
> in the same drive is not possible(i/o error), but if i insert the disc in
> the dvd drive it reads it ok.
>
> could it be that the ata66 cables are a nono for ata33 ???
>
> thanks
>
>

[Yves Leclerc]

Or it could be that your drive is becoming defective. I have seen units
where I could burn CDs but not read them.

Yves

"Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)" > wrote in
message ...
> The 80 wire - 40 pin cable is backward compatible. Could be a defective
> cable though!
>
> "flekso" > wrote in message
> ...
> > i have an ata66 cable connected to an ata33 controller and a sole cdrw
> > master on it. now the burning(xp) works flawlessly but reading from the
> disc
> > in the same drive is not possible(i/o error), but if i insert the disc
in
> > the dvd drive it reads it ok.
> >
> > could it be that the ata66 cables are a nono for ata33 ???
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
>
>

[flekso]

fixed!!

the problem was the drive was to far from the mainboard connector (found an
online article about ata66 cables and viola! -everything works just fine)

"Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
...
> Or it could be that your drive is becoming defective. I have seen units
> where I could burn CDs but not read them.
>
> Yves
>
> "Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)" > wrote in
> message ...
> > The 80 wire - 40 pin cable is backward compatible. Could be a defective
> > cable though!
> >
> > "flekso" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > i have an ata66 cable connected to an ata33 controller and a sole cdrw
> > > master on it. now the burning(xp) works flawlessly but reading from
the
> > disc
> > > in the same drive is not possible(i/o error), but if i insert the disc
> in
> > > the dvd drive it reads it ok.
> > >
> > > could it be that the ata66 cables are a nono for ata33 ???
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>