and a single Input for line level devices blue sachet. I
higher quality or surround sqund is fequited, chen itis
‘ustmlly necessary to have a separate sound catch which
connects to one of the motherboards expansion slots
This will enable multiple aurputs for (rant, rear, cent
sub-wooler speahers
ane!
Hard disk drive
Ahad disk itv (HD)
ecanclary storage fora comuter duerto Is relate low
cost per MB (megabyte. 2015, hard disk drives could
store upto ATE (terabytes) of data with access speeds of
6GB/s. The hard disk drive consists of two main parts: the
device that isthe eiectranies which stote the data, and the
disk that isthe medium onto which che dats isstored, The
ot dive} Includes a resd-write hesd which sits at
the end of an access arm and magnetises sectors on the
cick (platter
the mast common form of
devices
‘Acooes oxen
hak pana)
Figure
0M Aard disk
There i usually more thar ane platter and therefore
there wil be several nead-wsrite heads for each sie ot
each platteras shawn in Figure 2.08. Each platter wall
have tracks and each track will be split into sector's, Th
tracks thot are in the:same position an each platter form
a cylinder. Wheraver possible, a computer will attempt to
store data on a single cylinder asthis requires the least
atcess arm movement and the access arm isthe slowe
part of the hard ¢
Data signed an a hard disk Ii non-votalle. This means
thal when the computer is tuned off and there is no
power then the data will til he safely smacecton the
df diss. Hard discs can be Internally connected Lo
the Computer using & Seal Advanced Technology
Altachment (SATA) or Integrated Drive Elec tronic
cable
Figure 2.05 - Multiple platters,
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DISCUSSION PONT
Doouknaw wherethe pirase "my computarhas crashed"
‘comes roa it eaten to when te readswite eadcrashes
lntoa platter ara causes damage in the hard ik, moaning
that date and programs can no longer Be cetrheve
Solid state drive
‘Asolid state drive (S80) is anther secondary storage
device that is non-volatile, However, there are na moving
parts and the data is stored onin flash emory, His also
Nat necessary in store-data in the samacyinderin onder
to maximize sccess spect asthe data can bestored
anywhere on the flash memary-and access speeds will
nat be affected: SSPs are-also non-magnetic and sp are:
not susceptible to daniage fiom to close, strang magpetic
fields
Inn2015, SSDs could store upto 8B, but clue to thie newer
Technology were far more expensive than HDDs and west
rome comman in capacities of 128, 256 of 512 GB. SSt
have accesé speetis of around 400-600 MBps two
times fastertharva HOO). This mans they are uses in
higher pecforrnance computers. A frequent compromise
betiveen speed, capacity and price is to have a smaller
550 to store the operating system and sotware to
of access) and use logger HOO tn store data. $505 also
requite-s bat less power than MODs and wo are referred in
lobton afd tablet computers