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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