Not one to be constrained by specifications, Montac decided to construct an ATA cable that was well over the 18 inch maximum length. PATA cables use 80 conductor wire, even though they only have 40 ...
I have an older machine (PII 350 MHz) that I would like to stick some 80 GB hard disks in. I've always used the 80 wire PATA cables to connect hard disks to the motherboard (well, at least as long as ...
What are PATA and SATA? In this guide we will be discussing the differences between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA, both are types of interface for disk drives in the average desktop PC. Firstly, a ...
When replacing the hard drive on your older notebook computer, you'll need to know whether the drive is a Serial ATA or Parallel ATA connection. If the notebook is only a few years old, it almost ...
Serial ATA, or SATA, is a relatively new storage technology that is now being adopted in computers. It is the successor to Parallel ATA. SATA allows for faster transfers between the hard disk and the ...