II. System Components

IDE Cabling

Proper IDE device operation requires that the IDE ribbon cable does not exceed 18 inches. If only one IDE device is used, connect it to the end of the cable. Remove unused cables from the motherboard’s IDE connector to ensure proper signal strength.

CD-ROM Disk Drive (IDE)

The CD-ROM disk drive mounts only in one of the three fixed device bays and requires signal and power connections like that of IDE hard disk drives. The power and signal cable is straightforward with connectors designed to only fit correctly. The red stripe of the signal and power cables should face each other.

 

NOTE: A CD-ROM audio cable is

 

also provided in case you install an au-

 

dio card. The only function of the audio

 

cable is to direct music CD audio sig-

 

nal to your audio card. Computer CD-

 

ROMs have data (such as *.wav,

 

*.mpg, *.avi) that travels through the

CD audio

signal cable.

output

 

 

Red stripe of signal cable

 

Red stripe of power cable

CD-ROM drive connections

 

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