7 installing an optical drive – Asus V3-M3N8200 User Manual

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Installing an optical drive

Refer to the instructions in this section if you wish to install a new optical drive.

Follow these steps to install an optical drive:
1. Place the chassis upright.
2. Remove the drive slot metal plate cover.
3. Insert the optical drive into the upper 5.25-inch drive bay and carefully push

the optical drive into the bay until its screw holes align with the holes on the

bay as shown.

4. Secure the optical drive with two screws on both sides of the bay.

IDE ribbon cable

Power cable

5. Connect a power cable from

the power supply to the power

connector at the back of the optical

drive.

6. Connect one end of the IDE ribbon

cable to the IDE interface at the

back of the optical drive, matching

the red stripe on the cable with Pin

1 on the IDE interface.

7. Connect the other end of the IDE ribbon cable to the primary IDE connector

(labeled PRI_IDE) on the motherboard.

8. Remove the dummy drive slot cover from the front panel.
9. Replace the front panel.

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