OK I did a search for "one IDE channel" and also "master or slave", and can't find my answer. So perhaps you can enlighten me.<P>If I am installing a CD-Rom and hard drive on a single IDE ribbon cable ...

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 ...

Round cables don't officially meet the specification. In a standard 80-wire EIDE cable, there's a ground wire in between each data wire in part to minimize cross-talk and interference. Doing a round ...

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 ...

A thin, flat, multiconductor cable that is widely used for internal peripheral connections in electronic systems. In a PC, a 34-wire ribbon connects the floppy drive (if present) to the motherboard. A ...