Attaching the external CD-ROM drive

3. Squeeze both sides of the small connector on the interface cable, and connect it to the interface connector on the CD-ROM drive.5/.

4.Squeeze both sides of the large connector on the interface cable, and connect it to the connector .6/on. the PC Card

Attention:

Be

sure

to insert

and

remove

the

interface

cable

and

PC Card carefully. The connectors on the interface cable are

 

designed to be inserted in

only one position; they cannot be

 

inserted upside down. If you try

to

insert

the

connectors

upsi

down, you might damage them.

Make

sure

that

the

pins

on

the

 

cable

connectors

are

aligned

with the holes in the interface c

nectors. If they are not aligned and

you

force

the

connection,

might damage

the

connectors.

Also,

if

you

use

excessive

force

when inserting the PC Card, you might

damage

the card

or your

ThinkPad

240.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Insert

the

PC

Card

into

the

PC

Card

slot

on

the

ThinkPad

240

 

.7/. Refer

to

“Inserting

a

PC

Card”

on

page 68.

 

 

 

 

Installing the CD-ROM

device driver

To

operate the portable CD-ROM drive with your computer, you must

first install the device driver. Follow the instructions in the follow sections.

Installing the CD-ROM device driver for Windows 98 or Windows 95

Attention: Do not interrupt the system during installation. Close all other applications before installing the device driver.

1. Connect

the

CD-ROM drive

to the ThinkPad 240. Refer to “Con-

necting

the

CD-ROM to the

ThinkPad 240”

on

page 59.

2. Connect

the

FDD

drive to

the ThinkPad

240.

Refer to “Attaching

the external

FDD

drive”

on page 58.

 

 

3.Turn on the ThinkPad 240. Press the power switch of the CD-ROM drive.

4. As Windows

starts,New

theHardware Found

 

dialog box is dis-

played.

Follow the

instructions

in

the

dialog box.

5. Insert

the

driver

diskette

into

the

FDD.

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