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12-20-2008, 03:12 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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OS: win xp
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PATA drive
Is PATA drive same as IDE? i am planning on buying MOBO that says it has PATA. i was wondering if i can hook up my old IDE drive onto that MOBO.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Kansas
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Re: PATA drive
Hi
yes, they are the same. the P is for parallel cable that is a flat 40 or 80 wire. they used to be called IDE, and I still do, until SATA drives came out. that uses a round serial cable. hence the S for serial.
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