Master.
Answer: When using an 80-conductor cable-select cable, the drive nearest the motherboard is the master, and the drive farthest from the motherboard is the slave. You can recognize a cable-select cable by a small hole somewhere in the the data cable or by labels (master or slave) on the connectors. -CompTIA A+ Guide to Hardware, Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting Fifth Edition 2010 copyright - Jean Andrews, Ph.D.
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.
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
ide data cable or sata cable
The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive.
fiber optic cable
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Check the power cable and the PSU.
A 34-pin ribbon cable.
a port for the IDE cable to connect the hardrive and cddrive to the motherboard.
For Two Connectors on a motherboard for two 40-pin data cable.