User guide

Installing Your PC-DVD 5x Drive 9
Step 3: Connect PC-DVD to Your Computer
You can now connect the PC-DVD drive to the IDE controller on your computer’s
motherboard. The motherboard should have two IDE connectors: Primary is usually
used by your hard disk drive; secondary is used by devices such as CD-ROM drives.
Refer to your computer’s documentation for the location of the IDE connectors.
Connect the PC-DVD drive to one of the following:
❑
Secondary IDE connector (recommended)
See “Secondary IDE Connector,
”
below.
❑
Secondary IDE connector with CD-ROM drive
See “Secondary IDE Connector with CD-ROM Drive” on page 9.
❑
Primary IDE connector with hard disk drive
See “Primary IDE Connector with Hard Disk Drive” on page 10.
Secondary IDE Connector
To connect the PC-DVD drive to the secondary IDE connector:
1. Set the the PC-DVD drive as the master drive by
placing the jumper block as shown.
2. Locate the secondary IDE connector on the
motherboard.
3. Connect the IDE data cable to the secondary
IDE connector, align the colored stripe on the
cable to pin 1 of the IDE connector.
4. Connect the PC-DVD audio cable to your audio card (see your audio card’s
documentation for instructions).
5. Slide the drive back into place and use the screws provided to secure it to the
computer.
Secondary IDE Connector with CD-ROM Drive
To connect to the secondary IDE connector with a CD-ROM drive:
1. Locate the secondary IDE connector on the motherboard.
2. Set the jumpers on the PC-DVD drive as master and the jumpers on the
CD-ROM drive as slave (see the figure on page 6).
3. Connect the PC-DVD drive to the CD-ROM drive with the IDE data cable as
shown below.
Connect your new PC-DVD drive to the secondary IDE connector using the IDE
data cable as shown below. Daisy-chaining the PC-DVD drive with a CD-ROM
drive may be used with Windows 95 OSR2 (version 4.00.950B) only—it is not
recommended for other versions of Windows 95.
Master
(default)
Slave
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