Primary & Secondary IDE Question...

[spatel783]

How do I know which is the primary and secondary IDE Bus? Is the secondary the 40 wire cable and primary is the 80 wire cable?

thanks

[maharg18]

Usually the IDE connectors on the motherboard will be labeled IDE 0 and IDE 1, or IDE 1 and IDE 2.

[Tracy RainH2o]

Your computer's boot HD will be in the Primary IDE cable.

[shanew1289]

40 is older and for low data rates.

80 is still 40, but needs 80 for faster data rates. - Skin effect, capactive loading, I dont know but thats how they do it now.

Look for IDE0 on the Silkscreen.