Requirements

1. IDE Cable.
•40 Pin, 40 conductor cable for U/33 (PIO Mode 4).
• Or 40 Pin, 80 conductor cable for U/66/100 (PIO Mode 5+).
2.Controller card or On Board IDE Controller.

Handling

•Do not drop.
•Do not touch the connectors, exposed circuit board or any electronic components.
•Before handling the drive, discharge any static electricity from you by touching any unpainted surface of your computer chassis. (Preferable use a wrist grounding strap)

Considerations
1. IDE Controller.
• One IDE Controller can have two channels.
• Each Channel can have two Hard Drives/devices.
• A standard Controller will usually be equipped with 2 channels, so it can have 4 devices.
• The first channel is the Primary Channel called IDE-0.
• The second channel is the Secondary Channel called IDE-1.
• The first device will be the Master Device-0.
• The second device will be the Slave Device-1.
• If you have four channels, consider placing the CD-RW on the Tertiary Channel IDE-2.
• If you have four channels, consider placing the CD-ROM on the Quantanary Channel IDE-3.
• If possible do not place the CD-ROM on the same channel as the CD-RW, if you are planning on doing CD copies. If you must, you may be able to negate the performance impact by "First copying to disk".
3. Device.
• Some CD-ROMs must be set as Slave Device-1.
• Some CD-ROMs must be on the Secondary Channel IDE-1.
• Some IDE Controllers, require the CD devices to be on the Secondary Channel IDE-1.
• Some CD-RWs must be set to Master Device-0.
4. Installation.
•Make sure you have an available slot to install the CD device in the case.
•Make sure you have an available device setting on a channel.

Installation Procedure

1. Turn off your computer.
2. Remove the cover as instructed by your computer manual.
3. Discharge static electricity previously mentioned in the "Handling Instructions".
4. Unplug your computer.
5. Note mounting position of existing drive(s) and cables.
• If replacing a drive or cable, then remove it.
6. Record model number, part number, and serial number for future reference.
7. Set the jumper. (Follow manufacture recommendations)
• If it will be the Master with or without a Slave device set to Master.
• If it will be a Slave device set to Slave.
8. Attach the IDE cable.
• If this is a 40 pin 40 conductor, then attach the system connector of the cable to the IDE port/channel on the mainboard or controller card. The system connector is the connector at other end from the other two connectors.
• If you have a 40 pin 80 conductor cable, then attach the drive to the appropriate color coded connector.
• 1. Master is a black connector.
• 2. Slave is a gray connector.
• 3. System connector is a blue connector.
Note - if using the jumpers on the drive to set master/slave, it does not matter which connector you use.
9. Attach the power supply cable to the CD Device. Match the connector bevels.
10. Mount the device securely, using 4 screws.
11. Verify all attachments.
12. Replace the computer cover.
13. Plug in your computer.
14. Power up the computer.
15. Go into the BIOS and ensure it has been detected. Preferable set all IDE connections to auto.
16. Save your BIOS settings and exit.
17. Boot up normally into your OS.

At this point the device is ready an available for use.

Notes
Document Revision 1.1
Updated 12/2004

Changes: Removed section recommending Optical drives not be shared on a channel with hard drives. With independent memory timing on modern UDMA capable IDE channels, each device will operate at its maximum rated/recognized speed when in use.
General comments: if you plan on doing lots of direct cd/dvd duplication from one optical drive to another, you should place them on different IDE channels/cables to maximize thruput. Since IDE is a parallel technology, only one device on the channel can be utilized at a time.

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last modified: 2004-12-08 22:50:16