Description
Parallel ATA (IDE)
Parallel ATA (PATA) cables are used for the connection of storage
devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives to the
computer’s motherboard. The Paralel ATA cable is a ribbon cable with
two or three connectors, one of which plugs into the ATA connector
mounted on the motherboard and the remaining connector(s) plug into
drives. Each connector has 40 pins (44 pins for the smaller form-factor
version used for 2.5″ drives). Note that if two drives are attached to a
single cable, one must be configured as master and the other as slave.
