Which connector..??

[Parimal]

I have NEC 3520A and LiteOn SOHR-5238S in my system. And I have connected these drives by 40 pin conductor cable to my mobo. Is 80 pin conductor cable recommended...?? Is there any harm to drives, if I connect this cable?? And will performance increase after doing so..??
While reading this forum I have seen some guys are connecting 80 pin conductor cable to their drives......and I have 40..!! Please forgive me if this question sounds pathetic.....I'm a newbie.

 

[bwnv]

The 80 pin is recommended for hard drives in newer motherboards that support the ATA 100 and 133 speeds. Since opticals are still at ATA 66 a 40 wire cable is fine.
Good question though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

When a mommyboard and daddydrive love each other, they bring out the 40 pin connector for a special hug.

DMA/33 should be fine.

 

[Parimal]

I got my answer.....that was really good...!!

 

[Zepper]

80-wire cables sould be used on all PATA drives these days. Opticals likely won't exceed the data rates allowed by UDMA-33 but one never knows. So I just always use 80-wire and anything will run fine on them.

.bh.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Zepper
80-wire cables sould be used on all PATA drives these days. Opticals likely won't exceed the data rates allowed by UDMA-33 but one never knows. So I just always use 80-wire and anything will run fine on them.

Sure if you already have the 80-wire cable handy, but if you don't want to place a follow up order or make a trip to a local store there is no reason not to use the 40-wire cable you already have.