The cdrw drive I have stopped working. I removed the drive and picked one up at Best Buy. Do I plug it in the way the other one was? The instructions say I won't have to install drivers but it says if I need them go to www.
Also I see slave, master..... in the instructions. What are these? I need this drive desperatly. I may buy a new PC if I can't install. Please Help!!!
2006-09-30 01:15:30 · 10 answers · asked by Joe B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
http://www.ifh.ee.ethz.ch/~ballisti/computer_topics/docs/U10svc/HTML/files/c0703.htm
with a picture to help
2006-10-02 08:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy enough,,heres how.
Make sure computer is turned off from the socket!
(1) Remove old cdrw drive
(2) on the back of the new drive,make sure that the little pin supplied is covering the two pins(downwards)for "master".
(3) ensure that you replace the ribbon cable with the red or yellow or blue line closest to the four pin power cable(on the right).
(4) connect the 4 pin power cable(ensuring a tight fit) and secure the whole drive with the screws provided or those that you removed from the old cdrw.
(5) Refit case and boot
windows will recognise the new drive and install it.
JOB DONE....WELL DONE FOR TRYING... :)
2006-09-30 01:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by kevo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a few things on the back of a CD drive that can seem intimidating, but they are not. First things first, there is a little metal prong around those pins on the back, there should be 3 settings: Master, Slave, Cable select. Take the metal band off and put it on the Cable select tab, then hook it up exactly like the other was. You could also technically check how the other drive was set (master, slave, cable select) but most modern PC's just have all drives set to Cable Select, the computer will sort it out for you.
2006-09-30 01:22:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how your old CDRW was connected to your motherboard. The CDRW connects to your motherboard via a ribbon cable either; a) directly or b) directly to another physical drive (like your C drive) and that physical drive connects directly to your motherboard. Method 'b' is called 'daisy chaining.'
if you are connected per 'a' then take your new CDRW, set the pins jumper to MASTER (look on the back of the CDRW and you'll see something like 4 pairs of small metal pins all adjacent to one another). There is a little plastic 'jumper block' (small piece of plastic that will fit over a pair of these pins) that came with your CDRW. Place this jumper block over the pin pair that is designated for 'MASTER.' Your owner's guide for the CDRW will identify which pin pair you should use for MASTER. Connect your ribbon cable, power cable, & audio cable, put the screws in the side to secure it in your drive slot, re-assemble everything, and you are good to go.
if 'b' then follow the same directions as for 'a' but set your jumper block to 'SLAVE.' That other physical drive is MASTER (aka or PRIMARY).
hope that helps.
2006-09-30 01:41:54 · answer #4 · answered by statsman58 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's OK don't panic
Just take a note of how the old drive was set up in relation to master / slave and set the newone the same.
Just to be safe uninstall the old version of NERO and install the new one that came with the CDRW, that will take care of any driver issues, although you were very unlikely to have any, things are pretty standard nowadays.
2006-09-30 01:17:58 · answer #5 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes just remove the old one and replace it with the new one make sure that you have the ribbbon cables on correctly the thin red line goes to pin 1 and that the jumpers on the back of the cdrw are the same
2006-09-30 01:31:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is so simple. Just install it the way you took the other one out. I do not like Tiger Direct, but you can go to http://www.tigerdirect.com, and they have an instruction page on how to install different hardware and it has Pics and everything. If you have Windows XP when you finish installing the CD/RW it will pick it up automatically when you start your computer back up. NO PROBLEM.
2006-09-30 01:22:38 · answer #7 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you install it the same way you took out the old one and the computer will pick up the new drive and self install it if your runing XP but I would still run the install dick it may have other things on it you may want to use
2006-09-30 01:19:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right. you can't comprehend the written word...
Seek out a geek... ply him/her with pizza, lots of refreshments,
and observe, carefully... what were the settings on the old drive?
You are typical of the Microsoft Windoze lusers...
2006-09-30 01:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes u dont have need any driver ..just turn off ur cp .then change cd-rw .and then turn on .it should be work fine
2006-09-30 01:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by Night_Mare 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋