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<shachaf> forget chaf
author HackBot
date Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:15:10 +0000
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ATA is the new name for what old-timers know as IDE, a bus connecting the motherboard to hard disks or CD/DVD drives. ATA has a 40 pin socket and a 80 wire ribbon cable connecting up to two drives to a motherboard socket.