3. Install the DVD-ROM Drive
PCs have primary and secondary IDE connectors on the motherboard. The best place to hook up your DVD-ROM drive is on the channel that serves the CD-ROM drive.
You should find a spare connector on the wide data cable. If not, use the cable that came with your DVD-ROM kit. If the secondary channel already has two drives (for example, both a CD-ROM drive and a CD-RW drive), connect the DVD-ROM drive to the free connector on the hard drive's channel.
- Make sure the jumper on the back of the DVD-ROM drive is set to Slave
(A). If special brackets are needed to mount the drive in your PC, attach them
now.
- Slide the DVD-ROM drive into your PC's mounting bay (B), and connect the
wide data cable and the power cable to the rear of the DVD-ROM drive (C).
- Make
sure the colored edge (usually red) of the data cable is attached to pin 1 on
the DVD drive connector.
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