Identifying Whether Your System Uses Cable Select; Locating The Master Position On A Cable Select Cable; Install The Px-504A Drive; Record The Serial Number - Plextor PX-504A Installation And User Manual

Section 2. Installing Your PX-504A
NOTE: The IDE cable supplied by Plextor does not support CSEL. To use CSEL and
Cable Select, you'll have to purchase a CSEL cable, or use one that may be supplied
with your CSEL-configured system.

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.

Install the PX-504A Drive

Before proceeding to install the PX-504A drive in your personal computer, double-
check 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 Drive in the Computer

You can mount your internal drive in any available bay. You must remove the small
panel that covers the bay that you want to use.
NOTE: The drive can be mounted horizontally or vertically.
If you don't have an empty bay, remove the existing IDE CD-ROM drive and install
the PX-504A.
You must make a minimum of two cable connections to your PX-504A. 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 PX-504A's 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 PX-504A.
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