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Why is it a good idea to install a ribbon cable before connecting power to drives?
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∙ 10y ago
Ribbon cables are difficult to work with and it is never a good idea to install cables on a device when it has power running to it. Components could short and be damaged or the technician could be damaged.
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∙ 10y ago
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In order to reduce damaged to the flowing of current in the computer system
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Why is it a good idea to install a ribbon cable befor connecting power to drives?
Ribbon cables are difficult to work with and it is never a good idea to install cables on a device when it has power running to it. Components could short and be damaged or the technician could be damaged.
What are some domestic uses for ribbon cable?
A ribbon cable is a cable with many wires running parallel to each other and are most commonly used inside computers connecting hard drives, cd drives and floppy drives. Older computers used them as external connections as well.
What is the name of the tape on the PlayStation 3 circuit board and where can I find a replacement for it's connected to a set of pads two sets and is kind of gray?
That would be called Ribbon Cable. It's generally used in connecting hardware, such as: CD Drives, Floppy Disc Drives, and Hard Drives. The best thing to do is search for 'PS3 Ribbon Cable' and then make sure the Ribbon Cable has the correct amount of slots at each connection of the Ribbon Cable.
A system may have up to how many ribbon cables?
Many newer systems don't have any ribbon cables at all. Ribbon cables were used for IDE drives, SCSI drives, and floppy drives. The number of cables will depend on the number of drives in the system (16 drives per SCSI cable, 2 per IDE cable, and 2 per floppy cable).
How do you install a ribbon in dot matrix?
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Older hard drives use what kind of conductor IDE conductor ribbon cable?
The correct answer is....80-conductor IDE ribbon cable.
Drives are connected to the motherboard with ribbon cables or thinner cables?
SATA cables.
When connecting a ribbon cable to a computer how do you know which direction to plug it in?
The red stripe on the ribbon cable indicates pin #1. Usually, pin #1 on the device is the one closest to the power connector.
What is the Ribbon on the computer?
In a software program, the ribbon is found near the top of the screen. It contains functions and commands with little images that you can click on to perform whatever it is you want to have the program do.
What happens when two drives are connected to the same data cable connected to an IDE channel. How does BIOS know which drive controls the channel's?
There are jumpers on the drives that differentiate the master from the slave. If the jumpers aren't set correctly, the BIOS will not recognize them. In addition, some IDE ribbon cables are also labled Drive 0 (or Master) and Drive 1 (or Slave). If the jumpers are set correct, but the drives are plugged into the ribbon cable incorrectly, the computer will not recognize the drives.
What connects with a ribbon cable?
A 34-pin ribbon cable will connect a floppy drive.A 40 (or 80) conductor ribbon cable is for (E)IDE devices.Other ribbon cables may be used (80 conductor for SCSI, and in older systems, MFM and RLL Hard drives).A smaller ribbon cable (10 conductors) may be used for USB Headers.I think that covers most of them.
How do you put the ribbon on a toe shoe?
You sew the ribbon on to the wing and then glue it also before you sew it so than the ribbon would be securely done.
