Philips PCA103CD Letting Your System Recognize Drive, If You Are a DOS or Windows 3.x User

PHILIPS CD-ROM DRIVE USER’S MANUAL

8.(Optional connection for advanced PCA123CD users only) Use an audio cable with two 2-pin Molex connectors to connect an audio output device that

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿accepts digital audio input to the drive’s “￿￿￿￿￿￿

”connector. The digital audio connector provides purer sound output than the analog audio connector.

9.Secure the drive with the supplied four screws.

10.Replace your PC's casing and reconnect the power supply.

This completes the hardware installation.

2.2 Letting Your System Recognize

the Drive

For your system to recognize the new CD-ROM drive, you need an appropriate driver to act as the system’s “eye opener.” In normal cases, either Windows 95 or OS/2 Warp should have no problem recognizing the drive with the OS’s built-in standard IDE CD-ROM driver. To use the drive in DOS and Windows 3.1, however, you need to install the supplied device driver.

2.2.1If You Are a DOS or Windows 3.x User

Perform the following steps:

1.Boot your computer.

2.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Identify the directory that contains the file

.

Note: MSCDEX.EXE comes with DOS 6.0 and above. For DOS 6.x, the file is typically located in your DOS directory. For DOS installed with Windows 95, it is typically located in your

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