ATA Installation Fact Sheet 3.2.3
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| What does the term ATA mean? | AT attachment
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| What does the term IDE mean? | Integrated Drive Electronics
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| What does the term PATA mean? | Parallel AT attachment
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| What does the term EIDE mean? | Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
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| What does the term CS mean? | Cable select
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| The terms IDE and ATA are typically used interchangeably to identify a specific interface for connecting what? | Hard drives and other devices
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| IDE devices were followed by which version?, and then a newer ATA has become the de-facto standard? | Enhanced, EIDE
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| What version followed EIDE and has become the de-facto standard? | A newer ATA.(ATA-4)
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| ATA drives are sometimes referred to as What? | Ultra ATA drives
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| With the introduction of the serial ATA standards, ATA is now often referred to as what? | Parallel ATA (PATA)
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| In practice, what terms are used interchangeably, although there are differences in the standards? | IDE, EIDE, ATA, and PATA
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| Original IDE/EIDE standards provided support for only which device types? | Hard disks
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| Optical and tape drive support was added through the which extensions? | ATAPI
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| How are ATA speed measurements defined? | In MB/s
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| Earlier ATA speeds were what? | 33 MB/s
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| Earlier ATA speeds were 33 MB/s and then what speed followed? | 66 MB/s
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| Newer ATA devices can run at which two speeds? | 100 MB/s, and 133 MB/s
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| last generation of ATA devices are running as fast as what? | 166 MB/s
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| Which drives require a compatible controller to function optimally? | Ultra ATA
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| Which drives require a compatible ATA cable, which is usually backwards compatible with older devices? | Ultra ATA
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| how many devices can each ATA channel accommodate? | two
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| What do most motherboards have an integrated? , allowing for the connection of up to four drives (two per connector) | ATA host adapter
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| How many ATA connectors do most motherboards have? | One or two
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| How many ATA drives do most motherboards accommodate? | up to four drives
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| If most motherboards allow up to four ATA drive to be connected, how many can be added per connector? | Two
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| What else can you do to increase the number of devices? | Install an adapter card in an available bus slot
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| Where is the ATA controller integrated? | Onto the drive
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| Each device must be identified either as the primary device on the chain, or the secondary device. What is another name for primary and secondary device? | Master and slave
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| Which device is the device whose controller is active? | Master
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| The master controller is used to control which device as well? | Slave
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| Use jumpers on the drive to identify which relationship? | Master/slave
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| What is the drive setting that sometimes is the same as the master drive setting? | Single drive setting
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| What is another method used to configure a single drive if the drive is the only one on the chain? | Special jumper position
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| Which setting chooses a master or a slave drive based upon its position on the cable? | Cable select(CS)
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| For CS what is the name of the drive on the end? | Master
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| For CS what is the name of the drive in the middle of the cable? | Slave
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| Most drives include a diagram that identifies the jumper position for which settings? | Master/slave
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| Older IDE devices use a ribbon cable with how many wires? | 40-wire
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| Newer ATA devices (ATA/66 and higher) use a ribbon cable with how many wires? | 80-wire
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| Which cable is backwards compatible with 40-wire devices? | 80-wire
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| Do not use a 40-wire connector for which device? | ATA/66 or higher
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| Cable select(CS) will not work with which cable? | 40-wire
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| Which cable is required to use the cable select (CS) feature? | 80-wire
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| Which type of cable is usually a flat ribbon type cable with three connectors? | IDE
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| Which type of cable is usually a flat ribbon type cable with three connectors, one at each end and another about one-third of the way from the drive side connector? | IDE
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| The IDE cable is usually a flat ribbon type cable with three connectors. What is the color of the motherboard connector? | Blue
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| The IDE cable is usually a flat ribbon type cable with three connectors. What is the color of the Primary drive connector? | Black
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| The IDE cable is usually a flat ribbon type cable with three connectors. What is the color of the secondary drive connector? | Gray
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| The wire to be connected to pin 1 is designated with what on the ribbon cable? | A stripe
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| What do most connectors have that prevents you from installing the cable backwards? | A key tab
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| On older systems, you might need to match pin 1 on the cable with pin 1 on what? | The connector
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| ATA devices get power from which type of connectors? | 4-pin Molex
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| When adding devices, configure the newest, fastest device as what? | The master
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| To increase performance, what should you put each drive on configured as a single drive? | Its own channel
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| it is common practice to install a hard drive on one channel and which type of device on a different channel? | CD-ROM drive
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| True or false, to increase performance, ensure that two devices do not share the same channel. For example, the slower CD-ROM drive will not affect the data transfer of the faster hard disk? | True
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| In most cases, what is configured to automatically detect the drive parameters? | The BIOS
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| If the drive is not detected, what might you need to edit to configure the drive parameters? | The CMOS settings
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| What is the most common reason why a storage device isn't working properly? | Loose connection
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| If you have a connector that has lost its ability to stay intact, you may consider using what on the outside of it to secure it in place? | A small dot of glue
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| How many different types of ribbon cables have been used in IDE storage devices over the years? | Two
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| Which type of devices use a 40-wire cable with a 40-pin connector? | EIDE
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| Which type of devices use an 80-wire cable with a 40-pin connector? | PATA
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| Using the wrong ribbon cable can lead to what problem? | Device malfunction
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| Which relationships if incorrectly configured, will cause a storage device to not work properly? | Master/slave
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| Make sure that if you have two devices attached to a PATA port, one is set as master and the other is set to what? | Slave
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