Where can I get an idiot's guide to installing an internal cd-rom?

[jakobkraft]

Have a friend who just picked one up from his job, but no documentation is included and he wants to do it himself asap.
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks...

 

[Kalvin00]

Does he already have one in and he's replacing it, is he adding a 2nd one?

 

[sniperruff]

here's ONE that i looked at when im a noob.

if the cdrom is old it may need a driver....

 

[thorin]

If he's doing something he's never done before and knows nothing about why didn't he ask for docs/tips/whatever wherever her bought it?

There's no cut a dry guide because it depends what's already in the system. Tell him to take the drive and system back to the store and let them do it......save yourself and him a whole bunch of trouble for the $20 (er whatever) they'll charge him to do it.

Thorin

 

[Lonyo]

Put it in the slot in the case and secure with at least 2 screw on each side. (The holes should be apparent). Make sure it doesn't stick out at the front, but sits flush with the case.
The jumpers on the drive should already be OK I'd guess, if you are giving the drive its own IDE channel, otherwise on the back of the drive there should be some pin type things with a piece of plastic across them, that's the jumper. Set it to Cable select (CS). There should be an indication on the drive as to what position this is.

If the computer is running Windows 2000/XP then you should not need a cable to connect the drive to the sound card, otherwise you will need to plug one into the analogue or digital sound port on the drive and then hook it up to your sound card. The drive probably doesn;t have one of these cables though.
If you have Win 2k/XP you can set the drive to digital audio extraction after it has been installed (you do this through Windows)

This might help
Shows the bits I'm talking about.

Make sure the computer is turned off and the power supply is unplugged before hooking up the drive.
Preferrably connect it to a seperate IDE channel to your hard drives.

DAE
Check the box to enable digital audio extraction in Win 2k/XP

DMA mode
Make sure you set both channels to DMA for quicker drives and less CPU utilization.

That should be about all you need to set up a CD-ROM drive.

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Put it in the slot in the case and secure with at least 2 screw on each side. (The holes should be apparent). Make sure it doesn't stick out at the front, but sits flush with the case.
The jumpers on the drive should already be OK I'd guess, if you are giving the drive its own IDE channel, otherwise on the back of the drive there should be some pin type things with a piece of plastic across them, that's the jumper. Set it to Cable select (CS). There should be an indication on the drive as to what position this is.

If the computer is running Windows 2000/XP then you should not need a cable to connect the drive to the sound card, otherwise you will need to plug one into the analogue or digital sound port on the drive and then hook it up to your sound card. The drive probably doesn;t have one of these cables though.
If you have Win 2k/XP you can set the drive to digital audio extraction after it has been installed (you do this through Windows)

This might help
Shows the bits I'm talking about.

Make sure the computer is turned off and the power supply is unplugged before hooking up the drive.
Preferrably connect it to a seperate IDE channel to your hard drives.

DAE
Check the box to enable digital audio extraction in Win 2k/XP

DMA mode
Make sure you set both channels to DMA for quicker drives and less CPU utilization.

That should be about all you need to set up a CD-ROM drive.

Thanks, I just sent that over to him, he said that'll do it