An IDE cable connects a hard drive or CD drive to the main board of the computer.
notebook IDE connector= 44-pins Desktop IDE connector= 40-pins
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
integrated drive electronics
It has 40 Pins
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Preferably to the IDE0 which most of the time is the Blue connector. The blue connector is primary, black is secondary
It has 40 Pins
MOLEX connectors provide power for IDE hdd & CD-ROM drives
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
The twist is to identify the connector which is assigned for drive A.And the other end connector is for mother board.
The SATA connector cable, or whatever connector cable you have from the drive to the motherboard.
If it's a SATA connector, in one of the SATA ports. If it's a ribbon cable (commonly called IDE cable, but that's incorrect), into the IDE connector on the Motherboard. (that's properly named)