Hardware Installation - Plextor PX-R820Te Operation Manual

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Hardware Installation

By itself, your PlexWriter 8/20 is incapable of communicating with your
computer. You must use a hardware link that enables your drive to "talk" with
the rest of your computer. PlexWriter 8/20 uses a SCSI interface as its link.
Plextor strongly recommends the use of a high performance bus-mastering
SCSI interface board, preferably a PCI card. You may have purchased a Plextor
kit with such a board included. If you purchased your PlexWriter 8/20 without
a SCSI interface board, we suggest you do not connect it to a non-bus-mastering
interface board (PIO). If you use an ISA bus-mastering card, we recommend
you do not connect any other SCSI peripherals to the same board. Connecting
the PlexWriter 8/20 to a parallel-to-SCSI or to the SCSI interface on a
soundboard is not recommended, as it will slow performance.
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