Installing Your Plexwriter; Quickstart Installation-For Experienced Pc Users Only; Set Drive Switches Or Jumpers - Plextor PX-W8220Te Operation Manual

2. Installing Your PlexWriter

This chapter explains how to
physically install your PlexWriter in
your computer (internal drive), or
how to attach the PlexWriter
(external drive). The steps you'll need
to do are as follows:
1. Turn OFF your computer system.
2. Set the SCSI ID for your new
PlexWriter drive.
3. Set the PlexWriter's termination.
(By default, termination is
enabled.)
4. If you have a new PCI SCSI
interface board, insert it into an
available PCI slot in your
computer.
5. If you have an internal model
Plextor drive, mount the drive into
an available drive bay inside the
computer system.
6. Make all necessary cabling
connections: SCSI cable, power
cable, and audio cable.
7. Turn your computer system ON.
The following pages give more
details for this procedure.
Set Drive Switches or
Jumpers
Your PlexWriter needs to be flexible enough to work with the variety of computer
systems and a number of other SCSI peripherals. To provide this flexibility, Plextor
lets you specify the drive's settings before it is installed. On an internal drive, you
determine settings by the position of jumpers on the jumper block at the rear of the
drive. On an external drive, you determine settings by the position of DIP switches
and the rotary dial on the rear panel of the drive.
Quickstart Installation—For
Experienced PC Users Only
If you've installed computer peripherals
before, you're in luck with the
PlexWriter drive. Use this "quickstart"
installation designed to get you up and
running quickly.
Scenario 1: You purchased a Plextor
Drive with SCSI Kit, the PlexWriter is
your only SCSI peripheral, and you
have Windows 95 or Windows 98.
What to do: Install the SCSI board,
plug in the PlexWriter, and go.
Windows will recognize the board.
After the SCSI board drivers are
installed, the drive's drivers will
automatically be installed by the
operating system.
Scenario 2: You have a SCAM SCSI
board installed, the PlexWriter is your
only SCSI peripheral, and you have
Windows 95 or 98.
What to do: Plug in the PlexWriter,
and go. Windows will recognize the
drive and install the correct drivers
automatically.
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