A support technician is connecting an extended integrated drive electronics (IDE) cable to a PCs motherboard and knows that pin 1 on the cable must match up with pin 1 on the port. How can the tech know where pin 1 is on the cable?

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A support technician is connecting an extended integrated drive electronics (IDE) cable to a PC’s motherboard and knows that pin 1 on the cable must match up with pin 1 on the port. How can the tech know where pin 1 is on the cable?

A	Pin 1 has a blue strip
B	Pin 1 has a black stripe
C	Pin 1 has a red stripe
D	Pin 1 has a grey strip

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Pin 1 has a grey stripe. A support technician is connecting an extended integrated drive electronics (IDE) cable to a PC’s motherboard and knows that pin 1 on the cable must match up with pin 1 on the port. How can the tech know where pin 1 is on the cable? Pin 1 has a blue stripe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Original ATX power supplies connect to the motherboard with a 20-pin connector. Newer ATX 12V 2.0 power supplies connect with a 24-pin connector.

Detailed explanation-3: -The nominal data rate of a USB port supporting Gen 3.2 2x1 is 20 Gbps.

Detailed explanation-4: -DisplayPort. a port that transmits digital video and audio (not analog transmissions) and is slowly replacing VGa and DVI ports on personal computers.

Detailed explanation-5: -A micro-DIMM is used with ultraportable devices.

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