In the images I will be using the IDE cables but connecting SATA cables is very easy so you should have no problems. So if you are using an IDE CD drive then you will use the IDE cables and those with the SATA drives will use SATA cables. And the power cable will either be the normal peripheral power cable or the SATA power cable. The cables from the motherboard will either be the SATA cable or the IDE Cable. In this step we are simply connecting the cables from the motherboard and the power supply to the CD/DVD drive. So take the drive place it in its slot and push it in. This step is the actual installing of the CD drive. The image below should help you identify where the jumpers are on an IDE CD/DVD drive. However if you want to have three or four drives then it is necessary to have two drives on the one IDE cable and then you need to set one drive as master and another as slave. For example: One hard drive on one IDE cable and one CD drive on another IDE cable. If you only have two drives then you can leave the jumpers as default and just put each drive on a different cable. How many drives (including hard drives) do you want to have in the computer? To work out where the jumpers need to go you need to ask this question. However if you are using IDE drives then you will need to set the jumpers. However the newer SATA CD/DVD drives do not require you too set the jumpers so if you are using a SATA drive, you can skip this whole step. This step is probably the most difficult step in the entire tutorial. So once the case is opened take a look and hopefully you will find something that looks similar to the photo below. I would recommend that you wear an antistatic wrist strap while doing all this.
The way to do this is to remove any cables that you may have attached, open up the case and take a peak inside. The next step in this tutorial on installing a CD drive is to locate the CD drives on the computer case. So why not go to my page on CD drives and consider what drive you need.ĭo you need a SATA or IDE drive? Do you want a DVD burner or a CD Burner? Does it need to play all type of DVDs? Do you need a blu-ray drive? These and more are the questions you need to ask yourself before you choose your drive. So you want to install a CD drive? Well the first thing you need to do is have a CD/DVD drive to install. So you ready to install a CD drive? Preparation Hopefully you have completed the other tutorials and have just install a hard drive. This is the next tutorial in the process of building your own computer.
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