hrm.. i thought all IDE, like scsi drives were backwards compatable, you should be able to use a DMA-66/100 drive on a DMA/33 box.. have a couple DMA-66 drives working that way around. mental help? maybe your board needs that.. flash update.. or try it in a similar board. fiscal help.. sorry.. my car got wrecked recently, i need fiscal help too :) Thank You, Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Mike Hicks wrote: > I just bought a big drive that can work at UDMA/66 or /100. I have a > /33 controller. I plugged it in using a standard IDE cable, and got > nothing. The system just hung on detection. > > Do I need: > > 1. A UDMA/66 cable? > 2. (1) and a UDMA/66 or /100 controller? > 3. Mental help? > 4. Fiscal help? > > -- > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ If you tell a joke in the > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ forest, and nobody > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) laughs, was it a joke? > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org