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How many pins is a IDE/EIDE connector

  1. 20-pin

  2. 25-pin

  3. 40-pin

  4. 50-pin
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Explanation

IDE/EIDE (Integrated Drive Electronics/Enhanced IDE) connectors use 40-pin ribbon cables to connect hard drives and optical drives to motherboards. The 40-pin connector became the standard for Parallel ATA (PATA) drives.

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