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What type of connector can be used to connect an internal hard drive to the motherboard?
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What does an IDE connector do?
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
What does an IDE do?
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
What is the term for the case that contains the same adapters found on a motherboard with which to connect the internal hard drive?
Drive manager
Which unity of measurement is used to indicate the hard drive speed?
a technician look at the motherboard and sees 24-pin connector. what component would connect to the motherboard through the use of this 24-pin connector
How is an internal optical drive connected to the power supply?
the optical drive will connect to the power supply with a connector called molex connecter it is a 4 prong connector
How many internal hard disk drive connectors on PC?
It depends on your motherboard. You'll need to refer to your motherboard specifications to find out how many (and of what type) hard disks you will be able to connect internally.
What makes a serial ATA hard drive compatible with a ATX motherboard?
The serial ATA connector on the motherboard.
How do you connect a CD-ROM directly to an electric socket?
To do this, you need a power adapter (a computer power supply will work great for this). The Drive will have a molex connector on the back for +12 VDC, ground, ground, +5 VDC. Connect a molex connector to that drive with the proper voltages, and the drive should power on. However, it won't be much good without connecting it to a computer motherboard, or drive controller.
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).
What should be checked in order when a new IDE hard drive is not recognized?
The SATA connector cable, or whatever connector cable you have from the drive to the motherboard.
In a system that uses a CD drive the wire connect to what?
Sound cart to CD/DVD drive. In case of an onboard sound of your motherboard, just connect the CD drive via IDE to your motherboard.
What are drive cables?
They are the cables that connect your hard drive or cd/dvd drive to the motherboard.
