Whichever kind it has. Some optical drives have SATA cables. Some have EIDE cables. Some have SCSI cables. Some might even have USB cables.
If you're reading instructions that are telling you to do this, the only reason they're being specific about the data cable is to distinguish it from the power cable (possibly because if you disconnect the power cable you may not be able to eject the disk that's in the drive) or ... MAYBE ... the audio cable, because a lot of the time that's not even connected.
A Molex Connector connects to optical drives and hard drives.
I think it crashes!! :-(
If replacing the optical drive on a primary IDE controller, it is important it is compatible with the CD Rom drive. The IDE data cable must be connected and you must have the power cord plugged in.
An optical drive is an input and output device. It reads data from optical discs like CDs and DVDs (input) and writes data to these discs (output).
The red stripe on an IDE cable indicates the "pin 1" side of the connector. This marking helps users correctly align the cable when connecting it to both the motherboard and the hard drive or optical drive, ensuring proper data transfer and functionality. Incorrectly connecting the cable can lead to device malfunction or data loss.
What types of cables were disconnected?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
When you disconnect the data cable from your hard drive and turn on the computer, you typically receive an error message indicating that no bootable device is found or that the operating system cannot be located. This occurs because the computer cannot access the necessary data to start up. Depending on the system's BIOS or UEFI settings, you may see a prompt to check connections or a message indicating that the hard drive is missing.
There is a data cable,and a power cable that connect the drive to your PC. Everything is done with the data cable, there is no audio or video wires.
FDD cable is for floppy disk drive (FDD).
An optical drive is for reading and possibly writing to optical media such as a CD or DVD. It is pretty much used like any other drive in a computer. Older optical drives could only read data and could not burn disks.
Optical fibre typically can transmit data at the rate of 1 Gigabit (1024 Megabits) per second