 Installing
a CD or DVD ROM Drive
By Mitz
Free computer Education
Installing a CD or DVD rom drive
would have to be the easiest upgrade or repair job you can do on your own
computer. Computer Technicians charge you at least fifty dollars an hour
when you could probably complete this task in about two minutes.
First thing we must do is open
the computer case. Read
How to open a computer case safely before proceeding. Even though this
seems easy, there are some simple precautions to take that ensure you do not
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What you will need
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Screw driver to open the
computer case and to remove the old CD rom drive. Read
How to open a computer case safely before proceeding.
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A replacement or new CD/DVD RW
rom drive These instructions apply to any CD or DVD drive, Cd writer, DVD
burner, even the newest Dual layers or Lightscribe Burners.
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IDE , Power, and audio cable
These all should be connected to your old CD rom and to the motherboard. If
you are installing a CD/DVD drive in the computer for the first time an audio
cable comes with the drive. However you may need to supply an IDE cable. There
are always spare power connectors coming from the power supply in your
computer.
Here is
a picture of how to plug in an IDE Cable. See the Cable itself has a notch on
the top side which matches where it has to be plugged. Push in evenly and do not
bend the pins.
You can
also see the small analogue audio cable and the power cable plugged in.
The
jumper pin is set to cable select, and therefore at the other end of the IDE
cable it will be coloured blue.
How to set jumper
settings.
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Here is a picture of a power connector. These are
used for connecting power to hard drives, cd/dvd rom drives and sometimes
internal fans and speakers.
They are not used for SATA devices. SATA has a
smaller, black connection for power.
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Picture above is a SATA Cable connected to a
motherboard. The other end would plug into either a hard drive or a Newer CD
or DVD drive.
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