User Guide

High-Speed CD-ROM Drive Users Manual 9
I. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Inserting Your CD-ROM Drive into Your Computer
Insert the CD-ROM Drive into one of the free 5.25-inch bays available for disk drives.
NOTE: Do not slide the drive completely into the vacant drive bay. Leave some space at the
rear so that it will be easier for you to connect cables to your drive.
Connecting Cables to the CD-ROM Drive
Audio Cable
Red stripe (IDE Ribbon Cable)
Power Supply Cable
Pin 1
1. Connect an unused power supply cable to the back ¿ of your CD-ROM Drive.
2. Connect the 40-pin IDE ribbon cable to the back ¡ of your CD-ROM Drive.
NOTE: Orient the red stripe on the cable with Pin 1 of the CD-ROM Drives IDE Interface
connector.
3. If you have a sound card, connect the 4-pin CD audio cable to the CD-ROM Drives
Analog Audio line out connector 4. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
NOTE: If the pin definitions on your sound card are not the same as that (see preceding
section) on your CD-ROM Drive, check with your dealer for a compatible cable.
4. If you do not have a sound card, plug earphones, headphones, or powered/self-
amplified speakers to the Headphone Jack on your CD-ROMs front panel (see CD-
ROM DRIVE OPERATION). Set the volume controls of your drive and powered/
self-amplified speakers to minimum before starting or restarting your computer.
This will prevent possible damage to the earphones, headphones, or speakers.
NOTE: The Headphone Jack is used solely for headphones.
I. H/W INSTALLATION
Rear Panel/Setting