Table of Contents
- 1 What piece of hardware do IDE cable connect to?
- 2 Where does the IDE cable go?
- 3 Where do I connect SATA cable?
- 4 Where should pin 1 be located on the IDE controller?
- 5 What is IDE connector in hard disk?
- 6 What is an IDE connection?
- 7 How big of a cable do I need to connect an IDE hard drive?
- 8 How many wires are in an IDE ribbon cable?
- 9 Why are ribbon cable connectors color coded or edge marked?
What piece of hardware do IDE cable connect to?
An IDE, or PATA hard drive, uses a wide, flat or thick cable to connect to the computer’s motherboard.
Where does the IDE cable go?
For the 80-conductor IDE cables that are meant to support UDMA33 and above speeds, the connectors are typically blue, black, and gray. The blue connector is intended to go to the motherboard, the gray to the device intended to be the slave, and the black to the device intended to be the master.
What does an IDE connector look like?
IDE consists of a 40-pin connector attached to a ribbon cable. 80-pin connectors were also introduced later. The connectors are black in a 40-pin connector while in an 80-pin connector, they come in 3 colors: blue – controller, gray – slave drive, and black – master drive.
Where do I connect SATA cable?
SATA uses simple cables that are keyed to fit on the drive and motherboard connector one way. Connect one end of the SATA cable to the drive, and the other end to an available SATA port on your motherboard, and you’re halfway there.
Where should pin 1 be located on the IDE controller?
The location of the 1 pin (first pin) on an IDE cable is usually designated by the red stripe on one side of the cable. In the example picture above, the 1 pin is on the right side of the cable.
For what we can use IDE connector?
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) is a standard interface for connecting a motherboard to storage devices such as hard drives and CD-ROM/DVD drives. The original IDE had a 16-bit interface that connected two devices to a single-ribbon cable.
What is IDE connector in hard disk?
What is an IDE connection?
How many wires does an IDE cable have?
80 wires
IDE ribbon cables have either 40 or 80 wires. There is a connector at each end of the cable and another one about two-thirds of the distance from the motherboard connector.
How big of a cable do I need to connect an IDE hard drive?
There is a connector at each end of the cable and another one about two-thirds of the distance from the motherboard connector. This cable cannot exceed 18 inches in total length (12 inches from first to second connector, and six inches from second to third) to maintain signal integrity.
How many wires are in an IDE ribbon cable?
Ribbon cables have all of the wires laid flat next to each other instead of bunched or wrapped together in a bundle. IDE ribbon cables have either 40 or 80 wires. There is a connector at each end of the cable and another one about two-thirds of the distance from the motherboard connector.
Where is the IDE cable on the motherboard?
The clip must be squeezed to let go the cable out of socket. On the left, IDE cable attached to motherboard (yellow connectors). On the right, the IDE drive with IDE data cable and powered through the white Molex power connector.
Why are ribbon cable connectors color coded or edge marked?
For termination simplicity, ribbon cables typically are either edge marked or color coded. The edge marking or color coding allows the alignment of certain pins on the connector and reduces the risk of reversed connections.