Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

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Author: Lisi
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum
On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote:
> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA
> channel, and that is in use for the optical drive.


In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections
on the same ribbon cable (master and slave or both cable select). Is
the same not true of laptops?

Lisi

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