7 installing an optical drive – Asus V3-P5G965 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.7

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.

4

4

3

IDE ribbon cable

Power cable

5. Connect the audio (A), IDE

(B), and power (C) plugs to

connectors at the back of the

drive.

6. Connect the other end of

the IDE ribbon cable to the

secondary IDE connector

(labeled SEC_IDE) on the

motherboard. See page 4-6 for

the location of this connector.

A

B

C

7. Remove the dummy drive slot cover from the front panel.
8. Replace the front panel. Refer to section “2.11 Removing the bay

covers and reinstalling the front panel assembly and side cover” on

page 2-22 for details.

Audio cable

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