EV> ml> IDE, ATA, ATAPI are all pretty much synonymous... IDE came
EV> ml> about when the HD controller card was removed from the slot and
EV> ml> placed on the HD... the card used in the slots was then just an
EV> ml> interface card... since then, there is no interface card in a
EV> ml> slot as they are now built directly onto the motherboards and
EV> ml> the cables connected to them there...

the KEY is the above statement. Teh Three teram are basiclly the same
thing and are used almost universaly interchangable.
In fact the MB, 2007 era ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS, I just replaced with my
all SATA Drives MB even called the HD cables IDE and labeled the
connectior on the Mother Board IDE

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 þ SLMR 2.1a þ Typo Tom Strkes Again