Does it matter which IDE slots to use with a DVD-Rom and a Hard Drive?<BR><BR>I have two identical IDE slots on my motherboard (IDE1, IDE2), but the motherboard only came with 1 IDE cable. Can I plug ...

San Diego – Oasis Computer Products Inc. here and Emkay Innovative Products (Itasca, Ill.) have each launched adapters aimed at the PC and server industries. With hardware being introduced with ...

Parallel ATA (IDE) uses 40 pins, not 26. 26 was for floppies. But it's a standard 40-pin "header" connector. Sometimes called "IDC". CF cards have the PATA interface on a 50-pin connector. I don't ...

Over the years of computing, computers have always been known to have these ugly gray ribbon cables inside of them connecting there hard disks to the motherboard. Well recently people have been ...

Building a modern computer is something plenty of us have done, and with various tools available to ensure that essentially the only thing required of the end user is to select parts and have them ...

Once out of the package, it was clear that this board was shaping up to be a winner. One of the first things to catch my eye was the excellent placement of the IDE connections. In previous RAID boards ...

A compact car that runs on a coal boiler. A cell phone that only allows you to text via Morse code. And a modern, multi-terabyte 2.5-inch SSD that connects to a motherboard with an IDE interface. What ...