Subj : UDMA To : ALL From : BEN RITCHEY Date : Tue May 03 2005 09:21 am If one were to install an 80-conductor IDE ribbon cable (rated for UDMA/133, which I did) on a system that only supports up to UDMA/33 (66 & above *need* the 80c cable) should I expect any improvement in transfers, even sutle ones? Things sure seem spiffier since I upgraded the cables from 40 to 80, and I'm at a loss to explain why ... -- Be well ð[:^) : Ben aka cMech http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/ : + WildCat! Board 24/7 +1 (337) 232-4155 33.6kBps 8,N,1 --- GoldEd+/DOS v1.1.5cM * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .