sata and ata hard drive?

[NightTran]

is sata and ata is the differrent in the connection of the 80 pin and power?

Thanks

[techreactor]

SATA connector is definitely different from the ATA one.

[jm1647]

Yes the SATA data cable is only I think 7 pin the power connectors are different also

[shifty]

just an example for you

SATA (Power)-

ATA -

Shifty

[UncasMS]

sata and ie are different in both ways:

data cable as well as power cable


your picture, shifty, shows an sata POWER cable and an ide DATA cable ^_~


here's the corresponding sata DATA cable:



another difference is quite obvious:
ide can hold two devices per cable, sata needs one cable per device
so make sure you're future mainboards are well equipped

[shifty]

ooops... i did intend to insert that also, my error, sorry for the confusion, (Thanks @ UncasMS)