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===IDE Interface===
===IDE Interface===
[[Image:Ide-motherboard-connectors.jpg|thumb|IDE on motherboard|256px|The white and green ports are the Parallel IDE ports on the motherboard.]]


If you open your case and look at the mother board, we will see a port or two like these in the picture to the right.
If you open your case and look at the mother board, we will see a port or two like these in the picture to the right.

[[Image:Ide-motherboard-connectors.jpg|thumb|righ|256px]]


The white and green ports are IDE Ports, each port of them is called channel. so there is:
The white and green ports are IDE Ports, each port of them is called channel. so there is:
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- Secondary IDE Channel.
- Secondary IDE Channel.
These Ports allows only Parallel Drives to be connected to, means that it supports only PATA/PATAPI Drives.
These Ports allows only Parallel Drives to be connected to, means that it supports only PATA/PATAPI Drives.


Each Port can has a PATA cable connected to, it is like this:
Each Port can has a PATA cable connected to, it is like this:
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