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**Deleted090308** · 05-25-2008, 04:25 AM

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The HDD in the picture looks like a SATA drive, not an IDE.

If it's an ATA-100 - hook it up to the IDE connector with an 80-wire ribbon cable.
If the drive is alone on the cable you don't have to worry about jumpers.

05-25-2008, 04:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive Welcome to TSF. The HDD in the picture looks like a SATA drive, not an IDE. If it's an ATA-100 - hook it up to the IDE connector with an 80-wire ribbon cable. If the drive is alone on the cable you don't have to worry about jumpers. Last edited by Deleted090308; 06-01-2008 at 04:37 AM.