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Internal ATAPI / Enhanced IDE CD-ROM

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Summary of Contents for MagicSpin

Page 1: ...MAGICSPIN Internal ATAPI Enhanced IDE CD ROM USER S GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...y to assist you with installation if necessary and ensure that our resellers provide you the highest level of sales and service I OMAGIC opened for business in 1993 with one PCMCIA sound product Since then our company has grown and now offers more than fifteen products in the multimedia market including internal CD ROM drives PCMCIA CD ROM drives 3D stereo sound cards wavetable sound cards 3D vide...

Page 3: ...m defects in materials and workmanship Consult the warranty card for complete warranty information FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can r...

Page 4: ...13 Windows 98 95 Installation 13 Enabling Ultra DMA 33 support under Windows 98 95 13 Windows NT 3 5x Installation 13 Windows NT 4 0 Installation 14 DOS or Windows 3 1x Installation 14 MSCDEX EXE 15 CD AUDIO 16 USING THE CD ROM DRIVE 17 Front Panel Controls 17 CARE AND HANDLING 17 TROUBLESHOOTING 18 CD ROM Troubleshooting 18 The PC cannot detect the CD ROM drive after installation Windows 98 95 18...

Page 5: ... of System RAM Hard Drive Approximately 4 MB of Hard disk space Operating System DOS 6 0 Windows 3 1x Windows 95 or later Installation Instructions This manual is intended as a guide for those who are not familiar with the installation of PC peripherals and software applications and as a reference for experienced users If you are new to installing PC peripherals and software applications follow th...

Page 6: ... made which is somewhat fitting if you think about it The first step in the creation of a CD is the production of a master The data to be recorded on the disk either audio or computer data there are many different formats is created as an image of ones and zeros The image is etched into the master CD using a relatively high power laser much more powerful than the one you would find in a regular CD...

Page 7: ...nterfaces often implemented on sound cards or the floppy disk interface which is slow and cumbersome A few years ago it became apparent that there would be enormous advantages to using the standard IDE ATA interface to support devices other than hard disks due to its high performance relative simplicity and universality However because of how the ATA command structure works it wasn t possible to s...

Page 8: ...try The Enhanced IDE interface adds several important speed improvements as well as ATAPI support required to use your CD ROM drive Below is a list of the important improvements that EIDE adds ATA 2 EIDE includes all of the improvements that are part of ATA 2 including the higher speed transfer modes ATAPI EIDE includes support for non hard disk devices on the IDE ATA channel Dual IDE ATA Host Ada...

Page 9: ...he back of the computer Step 4 You are now ready to remove the cover from your computer Generally several screws must be removed to take the computer cover off Place the screws in a container so they do not get lost If you are working on a tower style computer you may want to lie it on its side with the open side facing up Figure 1 Note Each manufacturer s computer case may be different If you are...

Page 10: ...e CD ROM drive can be connected as the 2nd device which is referred to as Slave mode Make sure the Mode Select Jumper is set to the SL Slave position in order to be used as the 2nd device Figure 2 Figure 3 Mode selector settings Connecting a Secondary IDE controller If the PC is equipped with a 2nd IDE controller or card on the motherboard each device connected to this controller should be set to ...

Page 11: ...the MagicSpin CD ROM drive into the empty bay Attach the MagicSpin CD ROM with the four included screws Use a Phillips head screwdriver to secure both sides of the CD ROM Make sure that you tighten the screws fully 3 Connect the power supply cable Connect the power supply cable into the Power Connector on the back of the MagicSpin CD ROM drive Figure 5 Figure 5 CD ROM connections Figure 4 Insert C...

Page 12: ... other end into either your motherboard IDE controller or your IDE controller card plugged into your motherboard Figure 6 5 Connect the Audio cable from your Sound Card If necessary If you have a sound card or an audio interface card use the audio cable to connect from the sound card audio port SONY or IDE to the MagicSpin CD ROM drive s Analog Audio connector located on the back panel Figure 4 6 ...

Page 13: ...support under Windows 98 95 Ultra DMA 33 mode is a new standard whereby the CD ROM can transfer data through the DMA interface at speeds up to 33 MB sec This is supported only in new motherboards that are just now appearing in the market You must determine what type of mother board you have to see if this function is supported The Intel 430TX 440LX and newer motherboards support Ultra DMA 33 Pleas...

Page 14: ...t driver exit setup and copy the ATAPI SYS file from your NT setup Disk to directory WINNT35 SYSTEM32 DRIVERS then run the above setup procedure again DOS or Windows 3 1x Installation 1 Power on your PC and go to the Dos prompt If your PC boots into Windows 3 X automatically you need to exit Windows to the Dos prompt 2 Insert the driver diskette into a floppy drive 3 Type A install where A is your...

Page 15: ... interface your PC to the CD ROM drive For the CD ROM drive MSCDEX EXE version 2 21 or above is required During installation a line is added to your AUTOEXEC BAT that loads the MSCDEX EXE driver The entry in your AUTOEXEC BAT will be something similar to C DOS MSCDEX EXE D MSCDD001 V The entry follows the format of drive path mscdex exe d device_name l letter m number Note This line is not necessa...

Page 16: ...timedia program CD Player may be required for Windows 98 95 To install the CD player under Windows 98 95 Open your Control panel and click on Add Remove programs When the applet appears click on the windows Setup tab Scroll down the Components list until you see Multimedia Click on the Multimedia listing Click on Details button You will then see a list of components installed on your system If the...

Page 17: ...serting anything into this hole for manual ejection Open Close Button This is a toggle button When pressed the CD ROM drive will either open the door and tray out the disc or tray in the disc and close the door Care and Handling Like any media you should be careful when handling CD media Avoid touching the bottom of the media as well as leaving the CD in direct sunlight Care should also be taken t...

Page 18: ...lp 2 If the Primary and Secondary IDE controllers are present but they have yellow exclamation marks read this The protected mode driver for the hard disk controller was not properly initialized when you started Windows previously When this occurs a NOIDE entry is placed in the registry preventing Windows from making future attempts to initialize the protected mode driver You might try to resolve ...

Page 19: ... does not fit your sound card you should get an analog cable that fits your sound card and the CD ROM drive What is Multi Read and does my CD ROM drive support this function The Multi Read function means the CD ROM Drive can read not only the existing CD title CD R but also recorded CDR W media However the reflection rate of the CDR W disc media is only around 25 35 of the normal CD ROM disc So so...

Page 20: ...lity Operating System DOS 6 xx Windows 3 1X Windows 95 Windows NT OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 x Quality and Reliability MTBF up to 60 000 hours Environment Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Operating Humidity Storage Humidity 10 to 45 degrees Celsius 15 to 60 degrees Celsius 20 to 80 Non condensing 20 to 90 Non condensing Front Panel Rear Panel Power ON Busy LED Open Close Button Volume Control Stereo...

Page 21: ...www iomagic com Mail I OMAGIC Corporation ATTN Technical Support 6B Autry Irvine CA 92618 Register Your I OMagic Product Please take the time to send in your registration card The serial number of your MagicSound16 card is located on the back of the card on a white sticker The series of numbers under the bar code is the serial number The Serial number of the I OMagic MagicSpin CD ROM is located on...

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