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9 Why was it important to know where the PATA pin 1 was located?
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Why is it important to know where the PATA pin 1 is located?
It generally isn't important to know these days unless you are changing the jumpers or attempting to repair the drive. There is generally a key pin and a notch to keep you from plugging it up backwards. Just don't force the cable if it won't fit, since you could break off the DMA mode enable pin and permanently cripple the performance of the drive. If you use a very old cable without a key pin and notch, then knowing the pin orientation is important. In the past, there were no key pins, so you had to look for the red stripe on the cable and make sure you attached it to pin 1 on the drive and the motherboard. Otherwise, the drive would not work. Even worse is if you had a PATA drive with 44-46 pins instead 40, and no key pins. Then you could fry to drive if you hook the cable up backwards. The extra wires besides the standard 40 were for power.
What does the stripe on PATA cables indicate?
On PATA cables the stripe down one side indicates which side is pin 1.
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What is PATA?
PATA stands for Parallel AT Attachement. It typically uses an 80-pin connector (ATA-5 cable) with 40 pins as the signals and the other 40 pins as grounds. Its also uses a 4-pin molex power connector. This drive is identical to the ATA IDE we used to rememeber, nothing changed other than the name. However, with the advent of the SATA drives, we needed change to avoid confusion. The things to rememebr is that PATA uses a wide flat parallel interface cable, 80-pins, 4-pin power cable, whereas, the SATA (Serial AT Attachement) uses a 7-pin interface connector, and a 15-pin power conector. The SATA drives are much faster, lower temperatures and lower voltages. The IDE in the drives are identical as well. It means Integrated Drive Electronics. This is the actual electronics within the drive to make it spin/control the read and write access times.
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A technician is installing a new power supply in a computer Which type of power connector should be used to connect to a PATA hard drive?
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What part of feature of a data connector prevents someone from plugging it in backwards?
More than likely, that is a key or a key pin. For instance, on a 40-pin PATA/IDE drive, there is a missing pin in the middle, and most cables have that hole blocked. So if you flip it the wrong way and attempt the insert it, you will be unable to connect it (at least without forcing it and possibly breaking the DMA access enable pin on the drive or motherboard).
