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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 8-26 Drive label showing master/slave settings

Hard drive cables have a colored stripe that corresponds to the numberone

pin—called pin 1—on the connector. You need to make certain that pin 1

on the controller is on the same wire as pin 1 on the hard drive. Failing to

plug in the drive properly will also prevent the PC from recognizing the

drive. If you incorrectly set the master/slave jumpers or cable to the hard

drives, you won’t break anything; it just won’t work.

Older motherboards have dedicated PATA ports built in, so you connect

PATA cables directly to the motherboard. Newer motherboards do not have

such ports, so to connect a PATA drive requires a special add-on PATA

controller expansion card.

Finally, you need to plug a Molex connector from the power supply into

the drive. All PATA drives use a Molex connector. Okay, that’s it—no more

PATA discussion!

EXAM TIP The CompTIA A+ 1001 objectives list PATA motherboard

ports as IDE connectors. Don’t get thrown off by the different terminology!

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