The final specifications for SATA 3.0 have not yet been released. Based on the draft specifications, it is possible to use the same connectors for both SATA 2.0 and 3.0.
A sata cable connects a motherboard to a Sata hard drive.
Modern power supplies have special chords made to power Sata hard drives where as old ones do not.
Older computers have Eide cables to...
No. Ribbon cables are flat and wide. The SATA cable was designed to be narrow and slightly thicker, so it would not block as much air flow in the case.
If you plug a SATA 3.0 drive into a SATA 1.5 port on your motherboard, the drive should be able to function at a 1.5Gb/s transfer rate. Some drives require a jumper setting, while others natively...
SATA is ATA, but there are many ATA. SATA is an acronym for Serial AT Attachment, AT being the successor to the PC standard of desktop computers. There are many ATA standards, lots, but short answer...