Storage drives such as hard drives, optical drives and floppy drives all connect to the motherboard via cables and are mounted inside the computer.
- PATA & SATA Cables: This example shows two hard disk drives that connect in different ways to the motherboard. One uses the older PATA cable connection while the other uses an SATA cable which provides for faster hard drive access.
- Power Connectors: Power from the power supply is delivered to both drives via cables that plug into the power port on the drives.
