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Lesson 6: CD/ DVD drive installation - computer DVD ROM install

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In lesson 6 we'll install the DVD recorder into the system.

Before we install the DVD recordable drive lets talk about IDE drives.  Just like with an IDE hard drive, if you have a old style IDE DVD drive you want to install, you will need a IDE controller on the motherboard.  Go to www.homepcbuilder.com/ide for instructions on configuring the jumpers on your IDE drives.

If you have a SATA DVD or Blu-ray drive you don't need to configure any jumpers.


Drive Locations

Time to decide which drive bays we’re going to install the drives into. On this case we have 3 available 5.25 inch bays.

The drive will be producing a lot of vibration while discs are spinning and being accessed. The higher in the case you mount it the more the vibration will affect the case and produce noise from the vibration.

If you're installing 2 DVD or Blu-ray drives, it’s best to separate the drives by one bay, so you can have both drives open and have enough room to swap disks from one drive to the other.

We're installing 1 DVD recordable drive so we'll put it in the bottom bay.

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written by Admin2, May 12, 2010
On an IDE cable one end will be labeled "To Motherboard". You connect that end on the motherboard and the other end to the DVD drive.
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written by Peter Sinclair-Day, May 12, 2010
I have a DVD optical with the ribbon cable connector. One end is colored green and the other is black. Does it matter which end color is connected to motherboard and optical?


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