Creative GCD-R542B Connecting Cables to Your Drive’s Rear Panel, Inserting your CD-ROM drive

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6.Insert your CD-ROM drive into the vacant drive bay as shown in Figure 2-6.

Do not slide the drive completely into the vacant drive bay. Leave some space at the rear so that it is easier for you to connect cables to your drive.

Figure 2-6: Inserting your CD-ROM drive.

You may need to use some force to insert your CD-ROM drive into your drive bay. However, please refrain from excessive force as this may damage your drive or other devices on your system.

Connecting Cables to Your Drive’s Rear Panel

To connect all the necessary cables to the rear panel of your CD-ROM drive:

1.Locate an unused power cable from your system.

A power cable can be located from your system’s power supply unit. The power supply unit is located at the right hand corner on most systems.

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-5

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Contents

CD ROM Upgrade CD-ROM Upgrade Regulatory Information ModificationsSafety Information Compliance Introduction Before You BeginChecking System Requirements Obtaining Latest InformationUsing this Guide Making a Copy of Your DiskettesDocument Conventions Text Element Use Bold Icon Use Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive Volume Control Busy IndicatorDrive’s Front Panel Stereo Phone JackPlay/Skip Button Eject HoleStop/Eject Button Disc TrayHolding a disc Digital Output Connector Drive’s Rear PanelCD Audio Connector IDE CD-ROM Data ConnectorPower-in Connector Master/Slave Jumper Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive Items required for setting up your CD-ROM driveInstalling Your Drive IDE CD-ROM interface cardInserting Your Drive into Your System Vacating a drive bay Connecting Cables to Your Drive’s Rear Panel Inserting your CD-ROM driveConnecting power cable to your CD-ROM drive Connecting Cables to Your Card Connecting CD audio cable to your CD-ROM drive10 Connecting data cable to the audio card 12 Fastening the drives to your system 13 Locating a vacant slot 15 Inserting the IDE CD-ROM interface card 17 Connecting the data cable to the interface card 19 Fastening the drives to your system Page Page 22 Connecting the CD audio cable to the audio card Installing the Software 23 Fastening the drives to your systemTesting the Installation CONFIG.SYSSetting Up Your CD-ROM Drive Using QuickCD Running DOS QuickCDUnderstanding the DOS QuickCD Screen QuickCD screenThis function is ignored Running Windows QuickCD Quitting DOS QuickCDProgram Item Properties dialog box Select MCI CD Audio from the Add dialog box Starting Windows QuickCD Understanding the Windows QuickCD Control WindowForwards the current track by 10 seconds Using the Control Menu Box Control menuCustomizing Windows QuickCD Preferences dialog boxQuitting Windows QuickCD Changing the Driver Settings Doing More with Your CD-ROM DriveSBIDE.SYS Settings IDE Port Addr, irq Addresses Used MSCDEX.EXE Settings Running Cdsetup Locking the Disc TrayConnecting Additional Drives Configuring the Master/Slave Jumper Setting Enabling and Disabling JumpersJumper labeled CS is reserved and should not be used Connecting the Drives Daisy-chaining the drivesPerformance Characteristics Technical DataPhysical Dimensions Typical Audio Performance Environmental Operating LimitsResolving Hardware Conflicts AddressesChanging Base I/O Address Figure B-1 IDE Port settings for the IDE CD-ROM Interface Changing IRQ Line IDE Port IRQ LinesResolving Hardware Conflicts B-5 Troubleshooting Problems with CD-ROM DriveTroubleshooting C-2 PathMSCDEX /DMSCD001 /DMSCD002 /V /M8 Glossary CD-ROM/XATrack Logical region of a disc. Each track can Technical Support Inside U.S.A., Canada and South AmericaInside Europe FranceInside Asia Through CompuserveIf you are already a member of Compuserve If you are not a member of Compuserve valid only in U.S.A