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The drive interface that uses an 80-conductor ribbon cable is IDE. IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, an interface commonly used to connect hard disks and optical drives to computers.
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When connecting a floppy disk drive cable to a signal cable to the floppy disk drive what precaution should be taken?
Unplug the power cord
What is fdd data cable?
FDD cable is for floppy disk drive (FDD).
What is a separate floppy disk drive with a cable that plugs in a port on the system unit?
frank
What will happen if you block a disk drive cable in backward?
damage the device, motherboard, or adapter.
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 is a free standing hard disk that connects with a cable to a port on the system unit?
external hard drive
What is a slave optical drive?
Well an optical drive is a cd/dvd disk drive. Slave means it is in the secondary position on an IDE cable. So a slave optical drive is a cd/dvd drive positioned secondary to a different device on a singular IDE cable.
Explain how the two available drives on FDD data cable are distinguished?
Floppy data cable is 34 pin flat cable having two connectors for floppy drive. The floppy drive connected at the end connector is A: and the another connector disk is B:..
What type of ribbons or data cables would you find in a PC?
IDE Cable (40 Pins for Hard Disk and CD/DVD)Sata Cable (For SATA Hard Disk)34 Pins Flat Cable (For Floppy Drive)80 Pins SCSI Cable (Normally in Server, Not in Desktops)USB header cableGame Port header cable
If a single hard disk is attached on a primary IDE channel what should the jumper be set to?
master if the ide cable has a single drive connection. if the ide cable has the master and slave connection. then set the drive to master with slave.
What is the difference between a drive and a disk?
The difference between a drive and disk is that a drive is used to read a disk whether it be a floppy disk or a compact disk.
What do you say when you have virtual sex?
You make my software into hardware. I wanna stick my phallus into your disk drive. lemme plug in my cable.
