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Many newer systems don't have any ribbon cables at all. Ribbon cables were used for IDE drives, SCSI drives, and floppy drives. The number of cables will depend on the number of drives in the system (16 drives per SCSI cable, 2 per IDE cable, and 2 per floppy cable).
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What connects with a ribbon cable?
A 34-pin ribbon cable will connect a floppy drive.A 40 (or 80) conductor ribbon cable is for (E)IDE devices.Other ribbon cables may be used (80 conductor for SCSI, and in older systems, MFM and RLL Hard drives).A smaller ribbon cable (10 conductors) may be used for USB Headers.I think that covers most of them.
Where do you connector the red edge of 40-pin ribbon cable to an IDE hard drive?
The red edge of a 40-pin ribbon cable is connected to pin one on the IDE hard drive. If you fail to do so correctly, it may result in the hard drive being completely unable to communicate with your system.
Where can 1080P HDMI cables be bought from?
1080P HDMI cables may be purchased from just about anywhere. Walmart, Best Buy, eBay, Amazon's website, and Overstock's website are just a few out of many places one may find 1080P HDMI cables.
What kind of cables are needed for a home theater system?
Most home theater systems require only the basic Audio and Visual cables, commonly known as AV cables. These are what connect the player (that is your DVD/BluRay/Etc) to the TV itself. HDMI cables may also be required to set up digital cable.
Why are computers in a star topology unable to communicate with each other?
There can be many, many reasons for that. Cables might be disconnected or have an intermittent connection; the central hub or switch may be turned off or have a problem; the network card may be damaged; IP addresses may be configured wrong; and may others more.There can be many, many reasons for that. Cables might be disconnected or have an intermittent connection; the central hub or switch may be turned off or have a problem; the network card may be damaged; IP addresses may be configured wrong; and may others more.There can be many, many reasons for that. Cables might be disconnected or have an intermittent connection; the central hub or switch may be turned off or have a problem; the network card may be damaged; IP addresses may be configured wrong; and may others more.There can be many, many reasons for that. Cables might be disconnected or have an intermittent connection; the central hub or switch may be turned off or have a problem; the network card may be damaged; IP addresses may be configured wrong; and may others more.
How interchangeable are USB cables?
USB cables come in many different sizes. In my experience, the only way that they are interchangeable is when they have the devices have the same manufacturer but even in some cases this may not be true.
A chemistry teacher has a 560-cm length of magnesium ribbon. For a class experiment each student requires an 8.5-cm length of the ribbon. How many students may receive the required length?
65 students
Why would the monitor on a laptop flicker and turn red?
You may want to check the ribbon cable from the LCD to the system board, may need cleaning, use the eraser of a pencil to clean contacts on cable.
What is the layout of the 'ribbon'?
The layout of the ribbon refers to how a given ribbon has been arranged. The layout of the ribbons may be rectangular or circular in shape. The ribbons have to be resized for an adaptive layout to be realized.
What day did the Empire State Building get its ribbon cutting?
On 1 May 1931 and the Ribbon was cut by Al Smith's grandchildren
What color ribbon is brain cancer?
The ribbon for brain cancer awareness is grey. May is also brain cancer awareness month.graygrey
Are Solenoids a series of cables in a grid?
No, solenoids are an electrical switch. You may be thinking of transformers but they are not cables either.
