An IDE that was replaced by serial ATA?

serial ata cable is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. Serial ATA was designed to replace the older ATA (AT...

Advanced Technology Attachment Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

Here is a link to the answer; http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

The plugs and sockets have 7 pins, however three of them are earths. Whether the three earths are carried through end-to-end is probably up to the manufacturer. So, the cable would have at least 5...

External serial ATA cable, and Internal serial ATA cable