Figure 2-19: fastening the drives to your system, Switch on your system – CREATIVE 4X CD-ROM Drives GCD-R542B User Manual

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Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-13

3. If you do not have an audio card installed in your system,

connect a headphone or powered speakers to the Stereo Phone
Jack on your drive’s front panel. Set the volume controls of
your drive and powered speakers to minimum before powering
on (or resetting) the system. This is to prevent possible damage
to the headphone or speaker.

4. Slide the drives back into place and fasten them to your system

as shown in Figure 2-19.

5. Switch on your system.

6. Proceed to the section “Installing the Software” in this chapter.

Connecting Cables to Your Hard Disk Controller Card

To connect the data cable to your hard disk and hard disk controller
card:

1. If you have not backed up your hard disk, please do so before

you proceed. For more information, refer to your DOS
documentation.

2. Connect the power and data cables to your hard disk as shown

in Figure 2-20. Make sure you align the colored wire on the
cable to Pin 1 of your Hard Disk Data Connector.

The default setting for your CD-ROM drive is Slave
drive. Make sure that your hard disk is set as the Master
drive. For more information, refer to the documentation
that comes with your hard disk.

Figure 2-19: Fastening the drives to your system.

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