PATA/IDE and

SATA
Interface
Overview
IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics
Interface electronics or controller is built into the drive
not on a separate board or card.
ATA – AT Attachment
Derived from the fact that this interface was originally
designed for IBM AT (Advanced Technology)
AT Bus – a.k.a. ISA (Industry Standard Architecture
PC Drive Interfaces
Interface When Used
ST-506/412 1978–1989 (obsolete)
ESDI 1983–1991 (obsolete)
Non-ATA IDE 1987–1993 (obsolete)
SCSI 1986–present

Parallel ATA (IDE) 1986–present

Serial ATA 2003–present

PATA Cable
Parallel ATA Dual-Drive Configuration
By jumper or switch you can designate:
master (single drive)
master (dual drive)
Slave (dual drive)
cable select (cs)
If cable select (cs) then:
Primary Drive (Drive 0) - master
Secondary Drive (Drive 1) – slave
Jumper Settings
PIO
PIO ModeMode
– the Programmed IO mode determines how fast data is
transferred to or from the drives using PIO transfers.
Most BIOSs automatically configures the PIO mode based on the
current drives capability. If mode is set higher than the drive can
handle, data corruption occurs.
ATA Standards
ATA-1 (obsolete)
original IDE standard
ATA-2 (Enhanced IDE (EIDE) or Fast-ATA)
ATA-3
ATA-4 (Ultra-ATA/33 or ATA-33)
ATA-5 (Ultra-ATA/66 or ATA-66)
ATA-6 (Ultra-ATA/100 or ATA-100)
ATA-7 (Ultra-ATA/133 or ATA-133)
Death PATA
PATA reached the end of it’s line more than 10 years.
Problems of PATA: (above 133 MHz)
signal timing
Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI)
other integrity problems
SATA
Serial ATA
Software compatible with PATA
Differ physically with PATA
Cables
Host Controllers
SATA Standards
SATA 1.0
drafted November 2001
released October 2002
1.5 Gbps signalling rate
SATA 2.0
released April 2004
3 Gbps
SATA 3.0
released 2009
6 Gbps
SATA Signal and Power Connectors