Plextor 241040 ATAPI, Operation Manual

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Section 2. Installing Your PlexWriter
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Identifying Whether Your System Uses Cable Select
If you are unsure whether or not your system has a Cable Select cable installed,
either look at the cable or look at the jumpers on the CD-ROM drive. If any device is
jumpered as Cable Select, then both devices on that cable should be jumpered the
same.
Locating the Master Position on a Cable Select Cable
With Cable Select, Master and Slave are determined not by jumpers, but by the
position of the devices on the Cable Select cable. The Master is always the device at
the far end of the cable.
Set the DMA Jumper
Your PlexWriter ships from the factory with no DMA jumper installed. (The pins are
empty.) This means the drive is set to Ultra DMA Mode-2 (33.3 MB/s). This setting
should work in most cases, so you don’t have to do anything more.
With some personal computers, the computer may “hang” or crash with the
PlexWriter set to the default Ultra DMA setting. If this happens, change the
PlexWriter to DMA mode by installing the DMA jumper across these two pins.
Install the PlexWriter Drive
Before proceeding to install the PlexWriter drive in your personal computer, double-
check your jumper setting.
Record the Serial Number
Record the serial number and TLA code of your drive on the inside front cover of
this manual.
Mount the PlexWriter Drive in the Computer
You can mount your internal PlexWriter drive in any available bay. You must
remove the small panel that covers the bay that you want to use.
CAUTION: Install your PlexWriter horizontally. Plextor does not guarantee the drive’s
performance in a vertical position.
If you don’t have an empty bay, remove the existing IDE CD-ROM drive and install
the PlexWriter.