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When connecting a ribbon cable to a computer how do you know which direction to plug it in?
The red stripe on the ribbon cable indicates pin #1. Usually, pin #1 on the device is the one closest to the power connector.
Is a sata cable a ribbon cable?
No. Ribbon cables are flat and wide. The SATA cable was designed to be narrow and slightly thicker, so it would not block as much air flow in the case.
What are 3 types of ribbon cables you might find inside a PC?
-Sata Cable -IDE Cable -Molex/Sata power cable Other possible -SCSI Cable -Floppy cable -SLI/Crossfire Cable -12V 24 pin Motherboard connector -12v 4-pin CPU Connector -12v PCI-e Connector
What does a parallel cable look like?
There are two types, a 25 pin male to 25 pin female, and the most common, 25 pin male to a Centronix, which is what printers use. There are 25 pin cables that is not are not printer cables, but they are very uncommon. Almost all the time when someone refers to a parallel cable they are referring to a printer cable, which is a 25-pin to Centronix cable.
What does pin 2 connect too on a crossover cable?
Pin 6
Floppy drive cable is a 34-pin ribbon cable and a twist in the cable?
used on a floppy
When connecting a ribbon cable to a computer how do you know which direction to plug it in?
The red stripe on the ribbon cable indicates pin #1. Usually, pin #1 on the device is the one closest to the power connector.
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.
What goes between the floppy drive and motherboard?
A 34-pin ribbon cable.
What markings on a ribbon cable identify pin 1?
Pin 1 on a ribbon cable is usually colored differently than the other pins. It is often red.
What are three types of ribbon cables you might find inside a PC?
3 types of ribbon cables found in a PC are, a 34-pin floppy drive cable with twist, a 40-pin IDE cable with 40 wires, and a 40-pin IDE cable with 80 fine wires(80 conductor cable)A floppy drive cable, an IDE cable, and a CD or DVD drive cable
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.
How would you find pin1 of an internal hard or floppy disk ribbon cable?
By the colored stripe on the cable it refers to the first pin.
How does the Hard Drive connect to the mother board?
Hard Drives connect to the motherboard one of two ways. Either using a 40-wire/40-pin HDD ribbon cable, or an 80-wire/40-pin HDD ribbon cable. HDD stands for Hard Drive Disk.
On a flat data cable what does the red or blue stripe mean?
The red stripe marks pin one, which ensures the ribbon cable is pushed into the socket the correct way round.
What function of ribbon cable?
it is very kkoolll
What differ 40ribbon cable of 80 ribbon cable?
Data path is more in 80 ribbon cable.. The data transaction is faster than 40 ribbon cable..
