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Each cable is designed to support exactly one drive.
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How to connect two hard drives and a dvdcdrw?
Check the motherboard. You can connect two drives to a single parallel cable. Most traditional motherboards have two IDE sockets and you can run a maximum of four drives. (one cable per socket, two drives per cable) but you need to configure the drives with jumpers as "primary" and "slave". Many of the newer motherboards have a "SATA" (Serial ATA) socket or some combination of SATA and IDE but you'd have to use a SATA drive with a SATA cable to use the SATA socket.
What does a SATA cable do?
SATA, or serial advanced technology attachment, connects the motherboard to hard drives and optical drives. This cable is inserted into the SATA slot on the motherboard.
Do optical sata drives need a separate audio connection?
no, sata drives transfer all of the data through the sata cable
Are SATA drives USB drives?
SATA (Serial ATA) drives are normal drives that use the SATA interface when connecting to a PC. A SATA cable is used to bridge the gap between the drive and the computers motherboard and a separate cable is used to provide power to the drive.USB, in a similar way to SATA, refers to an interface. It is possible to use a USB cable to connect a SATA drive to a USB port but only if you use an appropriate SATA-USB adapter.Most, if not all, external hard-drive kits, which may be sold as 'USB hard-drives', will contain a SATA drive inside a drive caddy with a USB cable connecting it to the PC. The caddy will already have the SATA-USB adapter built into it, negating the need to go and buy one yourself.Please don't try and wedge a USB cable straight into the back of a SATA drive as it will no doubt cause damage.
Is Vista compatible with Sata?
Yes. Windows Vista includes native support for SATA drives.
What type of IDE cable do most hard drives use today?
SATA IDE cable do most hard drives use toda.
What is the name of the ATA standard that uses a serial cable?
The ATA standard that uses a serial cable is SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). SATA is used for hard drives, optical drives and other such storage devices.
Does windows 2000 support sata drives?
Windows 2000 has no native support for SATA drives. If you have a slipstreamed CD with service pack 4, and the drivers for the SATA controller, you can install it. If not, you will have to run the SATA controller in emulation mode, so that Windows 2000 thinks that it is an IDE drive.
What are Three differences between SATA and EIDE hard drives?
Cable size, data transfer speed, and SATA is newer technology.
What is a Good computer CD drive?
There are two types of cd/dvd drive available. Sata and Pata. Sata uses a small sata cable whereas pata uses an older ribbon style IDE cable. Sata is the best of these two but not all computer support sata, in those cases ide will do. As far as brand goes there is not much difference but the Pioneer, LG and Liteon drives tend to be reliable.
How do you masterslave SATA?
You cannot master / slave a sata drive. These drives are single channel only.On the motherboard, you will see X amount of connectors. Therefore (2) connectors, is an extra 2 sata drives. Both being masters.
The majority of hard drives interface with the motherboard?
Modern hard drives connect to the hard drive using a SATA cable. Older ones use a larger, slower IDE cable.
