IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a 40 pin slot. They are 2 in number on motherboard. Each IDE slot is connected to IDE devices like HDD and CD drives using a cable called IDE cable. Each cable has 3 slots. One slot is used to connect to the motherboard, and the rest 2 to the devices.
Each IDE slot identifies its devices as Master and Slave. They can be set by modifying the Jumper settings on the devices.
Jumper settings are of 3 types:
- Master
- Slave
- Cable setting
As per the new technologies, IDE is being replaced by SATA.
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