The hard drive floppy drive and the CD_ROM drive is connected to the motherboard using the on-board disk drive connectors. The primary connector used to connect storage devices such as the hard drive and the CD-ROM drive is the integrated Development Enviornmet (IDE) port on the motherboard. This is also known as the parallel Advanced Technology Attachment(PATA). The connector us a normal 40 pin connector. A 40 wire connector bus is used to connect the hard drive. Sometimes 80 wire connector bus is also used. The IDE 1 and the IDE 2 port on the motherboard is used to connect the hard drive and the CD- ROM drive respectively.
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