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Ultra DMA 66 Device Guide
For the best I/O transfer rate, we recommend you connecting your Ultra
ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/33 Devices according to the following configuration :
Primary IDE - Connect Ultra ATA/66 device with Ultra ATA/66 cable
( Optional )
- Attach the blue connector to mainboard IDE 1.
- Attach the black connector to master drive e.g. Ultra ATA/66 Hard Disk
- Attach the grey connector to slave drive e.g. Ultra ATA/66 CD-Rom
Secondary IDE -Connect Non-Ultra ATA/66 device with regular IDE cable
- Attach the devices to mainboard IDE 2 .
- Attach the master cable connector to master drive
e.g. Ultra ATA/33 Hard Disk
- Attach the slave cable connector to slave drive
e.g. Ultra ATA/33 CD-Rom
Ultra ATA Specification :
Ultra ATA/66 - cycle time : 30ns
- maximum transfer rate : 66MB/sec
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Ultra ATA/33 - cycle time : 60ns
maximum transfer rate : 33MB/sec
