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channels and controllers
Can someone cast a light over the channel/controller issue for me.
I know that for IDE you can have up to 2 devices per controller. Is the channel the whole part i.e all controllers?
Thanks for looking
miniman
I know that for IDE you can have up to 2 devices per controller. Is the channel the whole part i.e all controllers?
Thanks for looking
miniman
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I wrote:A standard PC is usually equipped with two IDE controllers ("ATA interfaces" ), a primary and a secondary controller, also referred to as the primary and the secondary IDE channel. Per channel you can connect two devices, hence a standard PC can hold up to four IDE devices in total.
www.techexams.net/technotes/apluscore/ide.shtml
I hope this helps.