Hardware Installation - Dynex DVD+/-R 8X User Manual

DVD +/- R/RW
Writer

Hardware Installation

1. Turn off the power to the computer system.
2. Disconnect all cables from the back of your computer, and then remove the
cover from the computer.
3. Insert the writer into one of the vacant 5.25" drive bays and secure it with
screws to your PC.
In order to prevent interference between the writer and the computer, please mount
the writer using all four mounting screws.
4. Connect the 40-pin IDE cable from one of the IDE ports on the mainboard to
the 40-pin connector of your writer. Also, connect the power supply cable to
the back of the writer.
Make sure to align and connect the red-edge of the IDE Cable to Pin 1 on the
drive.
5. If you have a sound card that can be connected to this writer, you can
connect the drive (as Audio-out) and the sound card (as Audio-in) with a 4-
pin audio cable.
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