Creative GCD-R542B Connecting Cables to Your Card, Connecting CD audio cable to your CD-ROM drive

4.If you are connecting your drive to an audio card, connect the CD audio cable to the CD-ROM drive as shown in Figure 2-9.

Figure 2-9: Connecting CD audio cable to your CD-ROM drive.

Connecting Cables to Your Card

After connecting the cables to the CD-ROM’s rear panel, you need to connect these cables to your audio or IDE CD-ROM interface card.

If you have purchased the drive in a multimedia upgrade kit, read “Connecting Cables to Your Audio Card” in this section.

If you have purchased your drive with the IDE CD-ROM interface card, read “Connecting Cables to Your IDE CD-ROM Interface Card” in this section.

If you have purchased the drive as a stand-alone product, read “Connecting Cables to Your Audio Card” to connect the drive to an audio card or “Connecting Cables to Your IDE CD-ROM Interface Card” to connect the drive to an IDE CD-ROM interface card.

If you are connecting your drive to your hard disk controller card, read “Connecting Cables to Your Hard Disk Controller Card” in this section.

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-7