A ribbon cable is a cable with many wires running parallel to each other and are most commonly used inside computers connecting hard drives, cd drives and floppy drives. Older computers used them as external connections as well.
No. ATA100 uses an 80pin ribbon cable and the Serial-ATA uses a much smaller, red 7pin cable.
The drive interface that uses an 80-conductor ribbon cable is IDE. IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, an interface commonly used to connect hard disks and optical drives to computers.
My wife wants to buy some granite countertops. What are some domestic uses for granite countertops?
Perforated metal has many different domestic uses. Some of them are refuse baskets, exterior benches, architectural components, dust extractors and air & oil filters.
Some domestic uses for a memory module include use in a computer, or server in a office or workspace. Memory modules come in different sizes and can be applied to a variety of hardware.
Some domestic uses for slip-mats include using it as a cleaning tool since it is a cloth. Although it may be slippery, it will still work as a cleaning tool for many situations.
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There are many possible domestic uses for wireless lighting. The most common places in which wireless is used domestically are in the kitchen, bathroom and living rooms.
There are a number of domestic uses for colored paper. One can use colored paper for printing documents or cards. One can use it for craft making or simply decoration.
You can buy a cable with 2 connectors on it if you don't already have one. If your cable already uses both up, plug a new cable into the secondary slot on your motherboard. Most motherboards have connectors for 2 cables, supporting a total of 4 devices (hard drives, DVD's, etc).
Open the case and look at the hard disk drive. If it is connected with the gray (typically) 40 pin ribbon cable, it's IDE, if it uses the MUCH smaller SATA cable you'll be able to tell the difference.
Some of the domestic uses for sugarcane would be to extract the juices to make table sugar. Sugarcane is also used in making alcohol, and the fibrous part of the sugarcane is used in making paper.