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There are two, an IDE Cable which is an "older style" that is gradually being replaced by the SATA Cable.
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How can you tell the difference between the hard drive data cable from the floppy drive data cable?
1. A floppy cable will almost always contain a small "twist" in it, in which a port of the wires are turned in reverse.2. A floppy cable has 34 pins. A PATA hard drive cable has 40 pins.
What error do you get if you disconnect the data cable to your hard drive?
I think it crashes!! :-(
Does a drive bay device plug into the motherboard?
An internal hard-drive fits into a bay inside the computer's tower. A power cable from the power unit is plugged into the hard-drive. A data cable plugs the hard-drive into the motherboard.
What is the name of the ATA standard that used a serial data cable?
Hard drive
When a computer boots the hard disk is not recognized What are two possible causes of the problem?
1. The power cable is not connected to the hard drive. 2. The data cable is not connected to the hard drive. 3. The hard drive logic board has been damaged or is malfunctioning.
If a CD drive and a hard drive are sharing the same data cable in a computer system what type of connection is the CD drive using?
It is using the EIDE connection. The book says that if you have a hard drive and a CD that the hard drive should be the master and the CD will be the slave.
The function of hard drive cable?
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
What data cable attatches to the optical drive?
A Molex Connector connects to optical drives and hard drives.
When two drives are connected to the same data cable connected to an IDE channel how does BIOS know which drive controls the controls the channel?
Cable Select or by the jumpers put on the hard drive
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
How hard is it to install an internal hard drive on a computer and what parts do you need in addition to the actual hard drive?
very easy, if its SATA you will need a sata data cable, and sata power cable(usually included with the power supply) also you might need a caddy (the thing the hard drive sits in) but there will probably be spares inside your computer. The most common thing you wont have is a SATA cable
What two cables connect to the hard disk?
There are two cables that connect to the floppy drive in a desktop computer.There is a four pin power cableThere is a ribbon cable that has a part twisted end (the twisted end connects to the floppy drive).
