User manual PLEXTOR 412-2

[. . . ] Caution: If static electricity may be present in the room where you are working, discharge any you may have on your body by touching a grounded object before you remove the host adapter from its packaging. Just a small jolt to one of the chips on your interface board may render it useless with no apparent damage visible. Positioning your computer in a location without a carpet underfoot is one method of guarding against static electricity damage. Using common sense, such as not walking on a carpeted floor in stocking feet just before you install your drive, is another. [. . . ] If you already have one other SCSI peripheral (such as a hard disk) and your existing cable has only two connectors, remove the cable and replace it with a cable with additional connectors. Connect the SCSI host adapter to a connection on either end of the cable. Connect the two peripherals to the other two connectors (one at the middle connector and one at the end of the cable). Refer to Chapter 7 of this manual for setting the termination of the devices. CAUTION: It is easy to accidentally plug your SCSI ribbon cable upside down into both your drive and SCSI interface board. Accordingly, be sure you match the red stripe along one side of the SCSI cable to Pin 1 on the interface board (as shown on the next page) and Pin 1 on the drive. Each connector on the ribbon cable has a ``key'' in the middle. This key should fit into a slot in the middle of each connector of the interface board, your PlexWriter, and any other internal SCSI peripherals. Double-check your work; you must ensure the side of the SCSI cable with the red stripe is matched to Pin 1 on the interface board and on the drive. cross-ref. PX-R412CS OPERATION MANUAL 27 5. 75" x 8. 25" PLEX WRITER MANUAL Plextor Manual, Carla Williams 1/2/98 CHAPTER 8 ---- Hardware Installation #1 To Pin #1 Either end of the cable may be connected to either the CD-R drive or to the SCSI interface board Pin #1 The easiest way to install your SCSI cable is to plug it into the SCSI connector on the rear panel of the drive before you insert the drive into your computer. Then you can thread the cable through the front of the open bay you plan to use and back toward the SCSI interface board. Connect the cable to your SCSI interface board and finish mounting your drive in the proper position. If it does not, check for obstructions in the bay and ensure the side rails (if needed) are attached properly. You now need to make the power connection. In most computers you will find additional power connectors that are ready for your use. Check the cable running from your power supply to your hard disk and see if it has extra connectors on it. If so, you can plug one of these into the power connector found on the rear panel of the CD-R drive. If you do not find any additional connectors available (either because they were not supplied or they are all in use), you will have to buy a ``splitter'' or a ``Y-connector. '' These also can be found at most computer stores. If you are in a hurry to get started, you probably can unplug the power connector from your 5. 25" floppy drive (if you have one) and plug it into your CD-R drive. You will be able to use your CD-R drive until you have the opportunity to buy a splitter or Y-connector. (Of course, you will lose the use of your 5. 25" drive until you buy a splitter/Y-connector. ) 28 PX-R412CS OPERATION MANUAL 5. 75" x 8. 25" PLEX WRITER MANUAL Plextor Manual, Carla Williams 1/2/98 CHAPTER 8 ---- Hardware Installation If your computer has only a 3. 5" floppy disk drive, you may find that you do not have a power connector that is the correct size to plug into your CD-R drive. Once again, you can turn to your local computer store for a splitter to solve this problem. A third cable, an audio cable, must be used if there is a soundboard in your system. This cable runs from the four-pin audio output connector on the rear panel of your drive to your soundboard. [. . . ] (After completing the installation, remember to turn the power back on before turning on your computer). If you purchased a bare drive (internal or external), a drive kit with software, or a drive kit with a SCSI host adapter and software, we have included a special Plextor device driver for use with a DOS or Windows PC. This device driver was custom designed by Plextor to ensure optimum reading performance of your PlexWriter. Please refer to the separate Plextor Manager User's Manual provided for PC installation. cross-ref If you are installing your drive on a UNIX workstation, please refer to your system's documentation. [. . . ]