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
connectors on the Cable Select cable. The connectors are identified as Master or
Slave.
Set the DMA Jumper
Your DVD PRO I ships from the factory with no DMA jumper installed. (The pins are
empty.) The empty pins mean the drive is set to Ultra DMA. This settin g 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
DVD PRO I set to the default Ultra DMA setting. If this happens, change the
DVD PRO I to Multiword DMA mode by installing the DMA jumper across the two
pins just to the left of the mode jumper.
Install the DVD PRO I Drive
Before proceeding to install the DVD PRO I drive in your personal computer, doublecheck
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 DVD PRO I Drive in the Computer
You can mount your internal DVD PRO I drive in any available bay. You must
remove the small panel that covers the bay that you want t o use.
CAUTION
: Install your
DVD PRO I
horizontally.
DVD PRO I
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 DVD PRO I.
You must make a minimum of two cable connections to your DVD PRO I . The two
cable connections that you must make are:
.
IDE cable
.
Power cable
There are also two optional cable connections:
.
An analog audio cable connection if you are using a sound board in your
computer and plan to connect the DVD PRO I audio output to the audio
connector on the sound board.
.
A digital audio cable connection if the sound board is equipped with SPDIF or
Digital -In and you wish to use the digital audio output from your DVD PRO I r.
Do You Need Another IDE Ribbon Cable?
The IDE cable is a standard 40-pin flat-ribbon cable, usually with three connectors.
One end connects to the IDE port on your computer’s motherboard, and the other
two connectors are free for attaching peripherals such as a hard disk, CD-ROM
drive, or a DVD PRO I drive.
You may need to install another IDE ribbon cable in your computer. You can use the
extra IDE cable supplied with your DVD PRO I . (Just remember, if you want to use
CSEL and Cable Select settings, this Tritton-supplied cable won’t work—you’ll
have to purchase a special cable for Cable Select.)
