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Line 17: ===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.]] Line 26 ⟶ 27: - Secondary IDE Channel. These Ports allows only Parallel Drives to be connected to, means that it supports only PATA/PATAPI Drives. [[Image:PATA-Cable.jpg\|thumb\|PATA Cable\|256px\|PATA Cable which is connected to Parallel IDE Ports on motherboard.]] ~~Each Port can has a PATA cable connected to, it is like this:~~ ~~Image~~ Each ~~PATA Cable~~Port can behas a PATA cable connected ~~with~~to, ~~one~~it is like this in the photo to the right. One master drive, or two drives [Master and Slave] can be connected to one PATA Cable. So we can have: - Primary Master Drive. Line 39 ⟶ 41: - Secondary Slave Drive. Each Drive May be: PATA or PATAPI. But What about Serial IDE? Almost many of modern motherboards have a Serial IDE which allows SATA and SATAPI Drives to be connected to.

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