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Introduction of Hot Rod 100 Pro Features 1-5
User’s Manual
Figure 2-3: Photo of an
Ultra ATA/66 Cable
1-4. Introduction of Ultra ATA/100
Ultra ATA/100 enhances existing Ultra ATA/66 technology by increasing both performance
and data integrity. This new high-speed interface enhances the Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra/33
burst data transfer rate to 100 Mbytes/sec. The result is maximum disc performance using
the current PCI local bus environment. Figure 2-2 shows you the difference between the
Ultra ATA/33 and Ultra ATA/66 Cable.
Figure 2-2: The difference between Ultra ATA/33 and Ultra ATA/66 Conductor Cables
In order to achieve the Ultra ATA100 transfer speed you must have a system which supports
Ultra ATA/100 and equipped with, an Ultra ATA HDD, and Ultra ATA/66 cable. The correct
drivers must be loaded and an Ultra ATA/66 specific data cable must be used.
The Ultra ATA/66 cables use a Cable Select method rather than a Master / Slave scheme.
The drive must be jumped to enable Cable Select. The Boot drive (C:) is attached to the
connector on the end of the cable and the second drive is
attached to the middle connector. If an Ultra ATA/66
specific cable is not used, the drive will default to Ultra
ATA/33 mode.
Figure 2-3 shows you a photo of an Ultra ATA/66
Conductor Cable. An Ultra ATA/66 cable is a 40-pin, 80-
conductor cable with a black connector on one end, a blue
connector on the other end and a gray connector in the
middle. The additional 40 wires are ground lines that
reduce the crosstalk caused by the electro-magnetic fields
that build up during high-speed data transfers. In addition,
line 34 on the cable should be notched or cut (this may be
difficult to see).