1-8

Installing the Hardware

9.Refer to the Install Recommendation Printout (see page 1-2). Find the section labeled WHICH IDE CONTROLLER?

TIP: If the Install Recommendation states that your CD-Writer Plus drive will share the data cable with another device (such as your CD-ROM), simply follow the cable already attached to that device down to the circuit board in order to locate the IDE controller that you need. If you find an extra connector along that cable, in the next step, simply attach the CD-Writer Plus drive to that cable. Go to step 10 now.

Inside your computer, locate the recommended 40-pin IDE controller that will be used by the CD-Writer Plus.

IDE controllers are usually found in pairs and may look like any of the following. DO NOT ATTACH THE CD-WRITER PLUS DRIVE TO A SOUND BOARD’S IDE CONTROLLER:

IDE Controllers

See your computer’s manual if you need

Computer manufacturers use a wide variety of labels for IDE controllers! Look on your computer’s circuit boards for tiny printing such as:

-PRI and SEC (for primary IDE and secondary IDE)

-IDE-0 and IDE-1

-IDE-1 and IDE-2

-HD and CD-ROM (most common

devices to be attached) - PCI-IDE and ISA-IDE

IDE Controllers

Not shown actual size.

help finding the

IDE Controller.

You will see a variety of connectors inside your computer that look similar to the 40-pin connector but have more or fewer pins. Find the connectors that are the correct size to fit the cable that came in the box with your drive.

10.Refer to the Install Recommendation Printout (see page 1-2). Find the section labeled DATA CABLE INSTRUCTIONS?

Follow the instructions on page 1-10 for “One Device” or “Two Devices” as advised.

Page 18
Image 18
HP C4380-90100 manual IDE Controllers