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Thanks for the help guys, pulled it off without a hitch other than having a
cable backwards the first time I tried it.
P.
"Dave C." <spammersdie@ahorribledeath.now> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <jjith@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > I'm a newbie to whole do it yourself computer building thing so I had my
> > cousin build my first PC for me. What I'm wanting to do now is add a
> second
> > CD rom drive to it so my CD copying will go faster. Can anyone point me
to
> > some step by step directions to help me with this? The drive I'm wanting
> to
> > add is a 52X Samsung model SC-152 if that helps any. Thanks in advance.
> >
>
> You might want to consider a DVD-Rom drive instead of the CD-Rom. You
will
> likely find a decent one at virtually no extra cost over a CD-Rom. As for
> how to install a new optical drive, here is how to do it . . .
>
> 1) First, open up your case to see how your current IDE drives are
> connected. Your motherboard should have TWO (or more) IDE connectors on
it.
> If you're not sure what you are looking at, just follow the data cable
from
> your hard drive down to the motherboard and where it plugs in is one of
your
> IDE connectors (the other one should be right beside it). Now, what you
> need to find out is . . . is your CDR/W drive on the SAME IDE cable that
> your hard drive is? This is quite a common way of installing drives, so
it
> wouldn't surprise me. But your real goal is to figure out what type of
> cable you will need (if any) to install your CD-Rom or DVD-Rom. If the
hard
> drive and CDR/W drive are running off the same cable, then you will need a
> new IDE cable to add another drive. If the hard drive and CDR/W drive
each
> have their own IDE cable, does either one of those cables have another
> connector on it where you could hook up another drive? If not, then you
> will still need a new IDE cable, and it will need to be a dual IDE cable
> (has three connectors, including the end that plugs into the mainboard)
If
> you need a new IDE cable, you can easily order one at the time you order
the
> drive, for an extra 3-5 bucks.
>
> 2) Ok, now you have the drive and the proper cable. Now you have to set
> the jumpers. The jumpers are tiny little plugs (sometimes more than one)
> that connect two wires at the ass end of the drive. You should see a
> diagram on the top of your drive(s) showing how to set the jumpers. If
not,
> you will need to find documentation for your specific drive models
> SOMEWHERE, showing how to set the jumpers. If you install the new drive
on
> the same cable as one of your current drives, then the new drive should be
> jumpered as "slave". IMPORTANT: If you install the new drive on the same
> IDE cable as one of your current drives, then the current drive will also
> need to be jumpered as "master". That goes for any two IDE drives
installed
> on the same IDE cable, btw. One will be jumpered as "master" and one will
> be jumpered as "slave". If you install the new drive on it's own IDE
cable,
> then you will still need to check the jumpers on it. Either it will have
to
> be set as "master", or it might be jumpered as nothing at all, in some
> cases. (check the chart on the drive)
>
> 3) Just screw in the new CD-Rom drive or DVD-Rom drive. The screws
and/or
> drive rails you need to install it in the case SHOULD have come with the
> case. Whoever built the computer for you SHOULD have passed these along
to
> you, and I hope you still have them. Your new drive might come with some
> mounting screws, but that won't help if you need drive rails and don't
have
> extra ones on hand. These come with the CASE.
>
> 4) Assuming you've got the jumpers set correctly and the drive physically
> mounted in the case, now you just need to plug in the power connector (
you
> will find extra power connectors hanging off the back of your power supply
> somewhere ). Then just plug in the extra IDE connector or add a new IDE
> cable, plugging one end into the motherboard. If you are not sure how to
do
> this, look at the way your current drives are plugged in. DONE!
>
> Note that your new drive may or may not be recognized by your computer's
> BIOS. For Windows, it actually works better sometimes if your BIOS is set
> to "none" for optical drives. So if you fire up windows and don't see the
> new drive . . .
> Enter the BIOS setup screens (hit "del" as the computer is starting,
> probably), and set your optical drives to "none". But this step shouldn't
> be necessary. I'd be surprised if windows doesn't find the drive right
away
> on the first try. -Dave
>
>
>
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