What are PATA and SATA? In this guide we will be discussing the differences between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA, both are types of interface for disk drives in the average desktop PC. Firstly, a ...

Basically, I am trying to UPGRADE a PATA hard drive carriage with a SATA drive. I need an adapter that's SATA on one side to plug into a small 2.5" hard drive (both power and data), and on the other I ...

01.10.2007—Here's one for the technician on the move. Chances are that the computers on your campus use at least two different types of hard drives—probably more. You have, of course, SATA and PATA ...

Parallel ATA, or PATA, hard drives and Serial ATA, or SATA, drives have virtually the same physical characteristics and platter speeds. However, the Serial ATA bus supports much faster data throughput ...

(This lower speed is the same speed at which many of today's SAS proof-of-concept prototypes, based on expensive FPGAs, run.) Unlike half-duplex PATA, SATA, and even parallel SCSI, SAS will be a ...

For most of the last 15 years, the most popular hard drive standard in existence for desktop workstations has been the ATA standard. Unless you haven’t cracked the case of a computer since before IBM ...

You don't have to worry about which serial ATA port you use to connect a device to a motherboard: all the ports run at the same speed. However, every motherboard that supports SATA supports a ...

Serial ATA, or SATA, is a relatively new storage technology that is now being adopted in computers. It is the successor to Parallel ATA. SATA allows for faster transfers between the hard disk and the ...