Unit 6 Assignment 1: Video Summary 4 1. Video 1.06 Storage Devices 2. Information Summary
The clip tells about how a magnetic, optical, and solid state storage devices work, about the various interfaces such PATA/IDE, SATA, SCSI, USB, and FireWire. The clip also discussed about recognizing and identifying cables and connectors, pin configurations, and speeds associated with each technology. 3. Topics presented: * * New Hard drive Installation * Hard Drives * 137 GB Limit * 300 GB Hard Drive Scenario * Hard Drive Interfaces * PATA * SATA * SCSI * USB * FireWire * PATA or Parallel ATA * ATA 100 * ATA 133 * SATA or Serial ATA * Floppy Drives * 3 ½”Disk * 5 ¼”Disk * Floppy Drives Formatting * Power Supply Connections * Connection Types * Molex * Berg * Floppy Drive Cables/Connectors * CDs * Pits and lands * Laser Reading * Types of CDs * CD-ROM * CD-R * CD-RW * DVDs * Multiple layers increase capacity * HD-DVD * Blu-Ray * CDs and DVDs * Power Supply * Motherboard * Best Arrangement * Care & Handling * SCSI Devices * Three SCSI Standards * SCSI-1 * SCSI-2 * SCSI-3 * SCSI Connector * Narrow SCSI * Wide SCSI * Internal or External SCSI * SCSI ID * IEEE 1394 or FireWire * IEEE 1394 * FireWire and iLink * Isochronous Data Transmission * IEEE 1394A * IEEE 1394B * Solid State Removable * Compact flash * Flash drives * Vault drives * Tape Drives

4. Terms: * Hard drives – are made up of a stack of platters with read-write heads that read both the top and the