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What is this connector? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Fortatech@gregtech.eu to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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I have recently taken apart some old PCs and found an HDD that uses this cable, but my motherboard doesn't seem to have a connector. Is there a way to connect this to SATA or PCIE?

edit: hdd, not ssd

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[–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The cable with the twist is a floppy drive cable, not IDE.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can twist the IDE cable to switch the M/S configuration, too. It is not limited to the Shugart bus. But I have to admit it was more common there.

[–] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This functionality was implemented with a single cable select wire which is connected or open. I don't see how a twist would work electrically.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, there is definitely the "cable select" method with pin 28. Maybe instead of cutting it, they swapped it with a GND pin or something?