So I'm looking for what the name of the IDE connector on the ribbon cable is. I need to hit Radioshack and/or Fry's to try and get some 0.1 inch 26-pin ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today we’re looking at the Brando USB to SATA/IDE converter. If you’re testing an unknown drive you have to either use a removable drive rack or an external drive enclosure to run the drive without ...

While sifting through the HotHardware mail bin, I came upon a device that I'm sure a lot of you would love to have. The Brando USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Cable, which X-Bit labs currently has for review, ...

Master and slave settings on IDE hard drives are designed so you can put two drives on a single IDE cable. One acts as the master or main drive and the other is the slave. A hard drive's master or ...