▲ 57 ▼ What is this connector? (gregtech.eu) submitted 1 year ago by Fortatech@gregtech.eu to c/techsupport@lemmy.world 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments I have recently taken apart some old PCs and found an HDD that uses this cable, but my motherboard doesn't seem to have a connector. Is there a way to connect this to SATA or PCIE? edit: hdd, not ssd
[–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) The cable with the twist is a floppy drive cable, not IDE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) You can twist the IDE cable to switch the M/S configuration, too. It is not limited to the Shugart bus. But I have to admit it was more common there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This functionality was implemented with a single cable select wire which is connected or open. I don't see how a twist would work electrically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, there is definitely the "cable select" method with pin 28. Maybe instead of cutting it, they swapped it with a GND pin or something? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) You can twist the IDE cable to switch the M/S configuration, too. It is not limited to the Shugart bus. But I have to admit it was more common there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This functionality was implemented with a single cable select wire which is connected or open. I don't see how a twist would work electrically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, there is definitely the "cable select" method with pin 28. Maybe instead of cutting it, they swapped it with a GND pin or something? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This functionality was implemented with a single cable select wire which is connected or open. I don't see how a twist would work electrically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, there is definitely the "cable select" method with pin 28. Maybe instead of cutting it, they swapped it with a GND pin or something? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, there is definitely the "cable select" method with pin 28. Maybe instead of cutting it, they swapped it with a GND pin or something? permalink fedilink source parent