IDE motherboard?

[pArTy]

I have IDE motherboard and ordered a 200 gig hard drive. The interface is ATA 133. Will this work? Is the ATA 133 a different type of cable or something?

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-140-151&DEPA=1

[pArTy]

I been looking around and ATA the power cable? I'm such a noob. Someone help me :(

[Deadlierchair]

ATA133 is a newer faster version of ATA100. The 133 means it supports up to 133 MBps. ATA100 only supports 100 MBps. Of course, most single drives can't do even ATA66 (66 MBps) so you won't have any problems if you install it in any modern motherboard. Most have ATA100 or ATA133.

Just use a normal cable, but make sure it has a bunch of wires in it. There are 40 pin and 80 pins cables. The 40's are 33 MBps I believe and the 80's are up to 133 MBps.

[Ice Czar]

ATA100 and 133 represent the burst speeds (MB/s),
as transfered over the cable\bus by and to the HDDs cache
sustained transfers are the limited transfers generally 50 > 35 MB/s
bursts happen regularly but by no means constantly
try this > Bustrace IDE/ATAPI Bus Utilization Monitor v1.0.007 (http://www.bustrace.com/downloads/free_utilities.htm) (freeware)

and review > As the Disc Spins (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=699246) for comprehensive coverage of HDD performance factors

Cliff Notes: as mentioned use an 80 wire cable,
there is little to no realworld difference between ATA100 and ATA133

[pArTy]

This is my motherboard. http://www.asus.com.tw/mb/socketa/a7s333/overview.htm
I think I have 40 pin cable(dont wanna count). Just wanna make sure this will work and not be screwed. Heres the motherboards specs. Will the harddrive work if I get the 80 pin cables?

Supports Socket A AMD® Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processors
200/266MHz Front-Side-Bus (FSB)
SiS® 745 chipset
3 DIMM slots support up to 2GB PC2700 and up to 3GB PC2100/1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM
1 x AGP 4X, 5 x PCI slots
2 x USB headers plus support for 4 additional USB 1.1 ports
2 x UltraDMA 100/66 IDE interface
Optional C-Media CMI8738 6-Channel audio controller
ASUS C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection)
ASUS MyLogo™
Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On-Ring, Chassis Intrusion support
Smart Card Reader (SCR) interface support
ASUS iPanel connector
ASUS PC Health Monitoring™ and ASUS PC Probe™ software

[ambientZ]

its 80 and 40 WIRE cables, not pins. The connectors all have 40 pins. You'll want 80 wire cables for any recent hard drive. The wires will be much thinner in the cable / denser compared to 40 wire which you may be using for cdroms.

[Deadlierchair]

its 80 and 40 WIRE cables, not pins. The connectors all have 40 pins. You'll want 80 wire cables for any recent hard drive. The wires will be much thinner in the cable / denser compared to 40 wire which you may be using for cdroms.

Yep, you're right. There are still 40 real signal wires and 40 pins, the other 40 are merely to help with signal problems.

[Ice Czar]

. You'll want 80 wire cables for any recent hard drive.

like anytime after 1776 :p

but seriously, there is some good cable information in the
Corruption 101 (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=761272) thread