The first iteration of SSDs launched with the SATA interface. This included a small L-shaped connector to transfer data and a similar larger connector for power delivery. Modern SSDs, however ...

On the board, Apple supported PCI-X for its slots, and used SATA for connecting spinning hard ... These machines sported massive power supplies and the oddball IEC320 C19 power connector instead of ...

There is no need for a master or slave distinction with SATA drives because they each connect to the motherboard with their own SATA cable. Two IDE/PATA drives, on the other hand, could share the ...