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What does an IDE connector do?
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
What does an IDE do?
An IDE connector is used to connect a CD-ROM drive or hard drive to a motherboard, with a long and flat ribbon cable.
What power connector attaches a floppy drive?
your power supply has a small plug attach to it with several larger ones that go to your cdrom and hard drive it will fit in to the back of your floppy
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
If your CD drive does not want to turn on when the ribbon cable is plugged in but when it is not it turns on what could be the problem?
You may not have a ribbon cable that is keyed so you can only insert it in the right position. Try turning the connector upside down and see if it will fit. i tried both ways.. it is the same for the hard drive aswell
Where do the plugs inside the desktop for the CD hard drive go?
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)
How do you determine wich drive is the master drive in a parallel IDE system?
There is a jumper on the drive, depending on the manufacturer, it should be labeled. Some manufacturers if the master is selected, and no slave is connected, the drive will not boot, with some other manufacturers it will. Also, sometimes the ribbon cable is labeled Drive 0 (master) and Drive 1 (Slave), other times it is not labeled. Frequently if the ribbon cable is labeled, even if the jumpers are set correctly on the drives, but they aren't plugged in to the correct connector on the ribbon cable, they won't work.
What does a Dell Dimension 4550 hard drive look like?
If you own said computer, open it up and look for it. Look for a thin ribbon cable that has a blue connector attached to the motherboard and follow that cable to the hard drive and you will answer your own question.
What should be checked in order when a new IDE hard drive is not recognized?
The SATA connector cable, or whatever connector cable you have from the drive to the motherboard.
How can you use double hard discs in your computer?
The second drive is mounted in any convenient spot above or below the first, and the flat ribbon cable going to the first drive usually has a second connector part way down the cable that can CAREFULLY plug into the second drive. It is sometimes labeled 'Slave', and only fits one way. Connect a spare power connector to the drive, and set the little jumper in the back of the drive to either CS (cable select) or Slave. These instructions are for older PATA drives that use a wide, flat, ribbon cable. For newer SATA drives, it mounts the same, and the power is the same, but there is a separate thin data cable that connects the second drive straight to the motherboard SATA connector. The computer should recognize the new drive once it's powered up, and will assign it an available drive letter.
Floppy drive cable is a 34-pin ribbon cable and a twist in the cable?
used on a floppy
What two cables connect to the hard disk?
There are two cables that connect to the floppy drive in a desktop computer.There is a four pin power cableThere is a ribbon cable that has a part twisted end (the twisted end connects to the floppy drive).
