Selecting your IDE configuration
The writer’s jumper setting should reflect the desired IDE* configuration as shown in this table
and the diagrams on the following page.
NOTE:
For best performance, the IDE* port* used to connect the TDK DVD-R/RW writer
should ideally be connected to neither the hard disk* drive nor to a CD-ROM drive. In
most cases, the TDK DVD-R/RW writer should be connected to the free secondary IDE* port as
the master* device.
A
B
C
IDE* set-up prior to TDK
DVD-R/RW writer installation
How to install the
DVD-R/RW writer
Hard disk*s connected to the primary
IDE* port* as MASTER* and SLAVE*
devices; CD-ROM connected to the
secondary IDE* port as the MASTER*
device.
Hard disk* connected to the primary
IDE* port as the MASTER* device and
CD-ROM connected as the SLAVE*;
nothing connected to the secondary
IDE* port*.
Hard disk* connected to the primary
IDE* port* as the MASTER* device;
nothing connected to the secondary
IDE* port*.
Connect the TDK DVD-R/RW writer to
the secondary IDE* port* as the
master* device. Disconnect the CD-
ROM drive, change its jumper setting
to slave*, and reconnect it to the
secondary IDE* port*.
NOTE:
This configuration
makes it very difficult to write
from the CD-ROM to the TDK CD-
R/RW writer using “on-the-fly”*
copying. The image writing method
should instead be used for best
results.
Connect the TDK DVD-R/RW writer to
the secondary IDE* port* as the
master* device.
Connect the TDK DVD-R/RW writer to
the secondary IDE* port* as the
master* device.
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