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Which type of power connector is used to connect devices such as optical drives and hard drives?
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∙ 14y ago
There are two kinds in common use:
- Molex - an older standard, but still common
- SATA - Serial ATA, a newer standard
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf it's an IDE drive, it will use a 4-pin peripheral power connector, often called a "Molex" power connector, Molex being a major manufacturer of these types of power connectors. If the drive is a SATA drive, it will use a standard 15-pin SATA power connector.
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∙ 13y agoMolex or Sata
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∙ 9y agoMolEx and sata
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∙ 13y agomolex
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What type of power connector is used to connect to hard disk drives or optical drives?
molex for IDE devices and sata power connector for SATA devices
An older parallel connection used to connect ATA hard drives and optical devices is?
IDE
What data cable attatches to the optical drive?
A Molex Connector connects to optical drives and hard drives.
What are the 5 examples of output devices?
Monitors, Printers, NIC's, Hard Drives can be both, and optical drives.
Are there hard drives with a fiber optic interface?
Hello, Currently we do not have HDD with fiber optic connector on board, but this can be expected in future. Intel has already developed a chip which uses optical interconnects instead of copper and carbon nano tubes. When this technology is perfected, all the devices even the USB will be optical.
Where does disk storage devices used in?
Disk storage devices are most commonly used in personal computers as a means to enhance memory. The most common are hard disk drives, optical disk drives, and even zip drives.
What is 5 example of output devices?
1.Monitor 2.Printer 3.Hard Drives 4.NIC's 5.Optical Devices
What is the purpose of memory?
The purpose of secondary memory is storage of data that is not immediately needed for processing by the CPU. Examples of secondary devices are hard drives and optical drives.
Where can you buy san storage?
San's or Storage Area Networks are the devices used when making optical drives, or storage drives, such as usb flash drives. You can purchase these from companies like New Egg.
What is the function of sata?
Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
What is the purpose of scsi and raid adapter?
to connect storage devices such as hard disk drives to a PC
What piece of hardware do EIDE cables connect to?
Typically EIDE cables connect to IDE Hard-drives and optical drives such as CD and DVD Drives. The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive. Normally most motherboards have two idea buses. You can have to drives per cable. So a total of 4 drives.
