Installing Your Px-504A; Quickstart Installation-For Experienced Pc Users Only; Open The Computer And Prepare For Installation - Plextor PX-504A Installation And User Manual

2. Installing Your PX-504A

This chapter explains how to
physically install your PX-504A in
your computer. The steps you'll need
to do are as follows:
1. Turn OFF your computer system.
2. Set the jumpers for your new
PX-504A 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-504A
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.
QuickStart Installation—For
Experienced PC Users Only
If you've installed computer peripherals
before, you're in luck with the PX-
504A drive. Use this QuickStart
installation to get up and running
quickly.
Typical Scenario 1: You have a PC
with an IDE interface installed, you
have Windows 98, 98SE, Me, XP, or
2000, and you have nothing installed on
the secondary IDE port.
What to do: Leave the PX-504A's
jumper set to Master, attach it to the
secondary IDE port, and go. Windows
will recognize the drive automatically.
Typical Scenario 2: You have a PC
with an IDE interface installed, you
have Windows 98, 98SE, Me, XP, or
2000, the primary IDE port already has
two devices connected and you have a
CD-ROM installed on the secondary
IDE port.
What to do: Change the CD-ROM to
Slave, leave the PX-504A's jumper set
to Master and attach the PX-504A to the
secondary IDE port. Windows
recognizes the new drive automatically.
If neither of these situations applies to
you, or you're not comfortable with
IDE installation, read the rest of this
chapter for more detailed installation
instructions.
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