Plextor PlexWriter 8/2/20, Руководство по эксплуатации

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Section 2. Installing Your PlexWriter
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PlexWriter 8/2/20 Operation Manual
How to Choose a SCSI Board
Plextor's technical support engineers have developed these recommendations for
choosing and installing a SCSI board that gives the best performance with your
PlexWriter drive:
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Use a high performance bus-mastering SCSI interface board, preferably a PCI
board. (If you purchased a PlexWriter Drive with PCI SCSI Kit, this board is
included.)
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Connecting the PlexWriter to a parallel-to-SCSI interface, or to the SCSI
interface on a sound board will slow the PlexWriter's performance and is not
recommended. With this configuration, you will not be able to achieve 8X
writing speed.
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If you have a desktop PC, do not connect your PlexWriter drive to a non-bus-
mastering interface board (PIO). You will not be able to achieve 8X writing
speed with this configuration.
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If you have a laptop computer, you can use a PIO PCMCIA card; however, these
cards can write at 4X speed at best. To achieve full 8X writing performance, use
a CardBus PCMCIA card.
Install the SCSI Board
This is a PlexWriter installation and operation manual—it is not a SCSI interface
board operation manual. Unless you purchased a SCSI interface board (and its
accompanying manual) bundled in the same box with a PlexWriter, we have no way
of knowing which type of board you elect to use. There are dozens of SCSI interface
boards on the market, and each is installed somewhat differently.
Use the instructions for this section only as guidelines. For more detailed instructions
on how to properly install your SCSI interface board, refer to the operation manual
you received when you purchased the board.
CAUTION : Be very careful not to cause static electricity. Static electricity is a silent
killer. Just a small jolt to one of the chips on your interface board may render it
useless with no apparent damage. To guard against static electricity, position your
computer in a location without a carpet underfoot. Also, use common sense—for
example, don't walk on a carpeted floor in stocking feet just before you install your
SCSI board or PlexWriter drive.