Plextor PX-850A, Installation And User Manual

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Section 2. Installing the PX-850A Internal PATA Drive
PX-850 Installation and Users Manual
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Mount the PX-850A Drive
Here’s an overview of what you’ll do to mount the drive:
1.
Turn OFF your computer system.
2. Set the jumpers for your new PX-850A drive, if necessary.
3. Mount the drive into an available drive bay inside the computer
system.
4. Make all necessary cabling connections: IDE cable, power cable, and
audio cable.
5. Turn your computer system ON.
The following pages give more details for this procedure.
Open the Computer and Prepare for
Installation
To determine whether your PX-850A will be a Master or a Slave, open
your computer and examine the IDE connections to the motherboard.
To open the computer:
1. Before proceeding, make sure the power to your computer and any
external peripherals is OFF and your computer is UNPLUGGED
from its power source.
2.
Remove your computer’s cover, following the directions provided by
your computer’s manufacturer. Typically, this involves loosening or
removing several screws on the back panel of your computer and
sliding off the cover. See Figure 3 for an example.