220-801 · Question #833
Which of the following is the correct connector for an internal floppy drive?
The correct answer is C. 34-pin ribbon. Internal floppy disk drives (3.5" and 5.25") use a 34-pin ribbon cable to connect to the motherboard's floppy controller interface. This is a distinctive, narrower ribbon cable compared to IDE/EIDE drives. The 40-pin ribbon cable is used for IDE/EIDE/PATA hard drives and…
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Which of the following is the correct connector for an internal floppy drive?
Options
- A50-pin SCSI
- B40-pin ribbon
- C34-pin ribbon
- D4-pin SATA
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(14 responses)- A7% (1)
- C93% (13)
Explanation
Internal floppy disk drives (3.5" and 5.25") use a 34-pin ribbon cable to connect to the motherboard's floppy controller interface. This is a distinctive, narrower ribbon cable compared to IDE/EIDE drives. The 40-pin ribbon cable is used for IDE/EIDE/PATA hard drives and optical drives. The 50-pin SCSI connector is used for older SCSI devices, and 4-pin SATA is not a real connector (SATA data cables use a 7-pin flat connector and power uses a 15-pin connector).
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