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I/O Magic MagicSpin manual

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    M AGIC S PIN Int e rn al A TA P I / E n ha n ce d IDE C D- R OM USER’S GUIDE[...]

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    Dear I/OM AGIC Customer : Congratulations on the purc hase of your new MagicSpin CD-ROM Upgrade Kit. W e can assur e y ou that it is m ade f rom state-of -the-art c hipsets and c om ponents. Your product has als o gone through the m ost rigorous testing and quality assurance proc edures in the indus try. All of the em ployees at I/OM AGIC w ant to [...]

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    Notice: I/OM AGIC Corporation mak es no warranty of any k ind with reg ards to this m aterial, including , but not limite d to, the implied w arranties of m erchanta bility and f itness f or a particular produc t. I/OM AGIC Corporation shall not be liable for e rrors conta ined here in or for incide ntal conseque ntial dam ages in connection w ith [...]

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    Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... ............................. 5 System R equirements ............................................................................................................ ............................. 5 Installat[...]

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    Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your MagicSpin CD-ROM . The purpose of this document is to provide y ou with installation instructions for your new k it. If this is y our first installation with this type of product, please read the entire m anual before you beg in. If you are experienced with installations, you m ay want to g o dir[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 6 T echnical back gr ound CD-ROM Technology CD-ROM s tands f or C ompact D isc R ead O nly M emory . A compact disc form at used to hold text, graphics and hi- fi stereo sound. It' s like an audio CD, but uses a different track form at for data. The audio CD player cannot play CD- ROMs, but CD-ROM players us[...]

  • Page 7

    CDs are fairly hardy but are far from indestructible. They are reasonably solid but overly flexing them can m ake them unreadable. They are not too sensitive to heat but will warp if left to bak e in direct sunlight on a hot sum mer' s day. CD media should always be cared for properly . The use of caddies or jewel cases will protect them; in g[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 8 Enhanced IDE Interface Enhanced IDE , also called EIDE , is the term that Western Dig ital uses to describe its advanced drives that incorporate the perform ance improv ements defined in ATA- 2, along with several other refined protocols. EID E has become a widely accepted term in the industry . The Enhanced ID[...]

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    CD-ROM Hardw are Instal latio n Prepare Your Com puter for Installation Step 1. Before working on your computer, m ake sure the power to the computer and any related equipment is turned off. Step 2. While the cables are still attached to your com puter, you m ay want to label them so you are sure to reconnect them properly when the installation pro[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 10 Figure 2: Back panel of the CD-ROM drive Connecting to a Primary IDE Controller There should be at least one IDE controller (or card) on the PC motherboard. This I DE controller support two devices, one for the hard disk (Master), and the other for the 2 nd hard disk or a CD- ROM drive. The hard disk should be[...]

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    Mounting Your CD-ROM Drive 1 Locate an available drive bay. Locate an empty drive bay within your computer. I t may be necessary to remove a square iron plate. Please refer to your com puter’s User’s Guide for assistance. 2 Slide the MagicSpin CD-ROM drive into the empty bay. Attach the MagicSpin C D-R OM with the four included screws. Use a Ph[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 12 4 Connect the IDE interface cable. Connect the 40 pin ID E cable into the MagicSpin CD-R OM drive’s ID E connector located on the back of the CD- ROM drive (Fig ure 5). Make sure to alig n the red-lined edge of cable with Pin- 1 of the IDE connector. Connect the other end into either your m otherboard ID E c[...]

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    7 Reconnect all power cords to the computer. CD-ROM Softw are Install ation Windows 98/95 Installation There is no need to install any CD- ROM device driver under Windows 98/95. After com pleting the hardware installation section of this m anual, please follow the steps below: 1 Turn on your PC and start-up Window s 98/95. Windows 98/95 will autom [...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 14 4 Clic k ADD and sele ct IDE CD-RO M and cli ck ins tall Windows NT 4. 0 Installation 1 Pow er on your PC. 2 Start the Window s NT 3 Once in the deskt op, click on the Start button > Settings > Control Panel > Devices 4 Select "ATAPI" from the list and click on the "Startup" button[...]

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    Note: DOS installation requires MSCDEX be present on your system. MSCDEX is included with DOS versions 6.0 and above. If you do not have MSCDEX, contact your computer reseller for assistance. MSCDEX.EXE MSCDEX.EXE is Microsoft’s CD Extension and is used to interface your PC to the CD- ROM drive. For the CD- ROM drive, MSCDEX.EXE version 2.21 or a[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 16 CD Audio If y ou have connected the CD audio cable to y our soundcard, you will need to config ure Windows to be able to play C D Audio. If y ou are running Windows 3.x, y ou will need to add the “MCI CD- AUDIO” driver. When this driv er is loaded, the Media player program will then be able to play CD audi[...]

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    Using the CD-ROM Drive Fron t Pa n el C on tr ol s Figure 9: Front pan el Controls Headphone Jack: The user can use a stereo headphone j ack to get sound output from the earphone jack. Volume Contr ol: The user can adj ust the Volume knob to chang e the Earphone Jack audio output volum e. Busy Indicator: The Busy I ndicator will be lit while the CD[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 18 T roubleshooting CD-ROM T roubleshooting The PC cannot d etect the CD-ROM drive af ter install ation. (Win dows 98/95) If y ou are connecting the CD -ROM driv e to the motherboard, read this: Make sure that there are no conflicts, both Prim ary and Secondary IDE controllers are present and without yellow excla[...]

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    will be displayed and the N OID E registry entry will be re- created. Windows will use the MS- DOS com patibility m ode file system the next time y ou start the computer. If the CD- ROM drive is connected to a sound card or controller card, read this: Make sure the sound card or controller card are install properly , working properly and com patibl[...]

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    MagicSpin Insta lla tion Guide Page 20 Appendix A: CD-ROM General Specifications Disc Disc Format: Disc Diameter: ISO9660 Data D iscs CD -ROM (Mode 1 & Mode 2), CD-R and CD-RW medi a , Mixed Mode (Au dio Combined C D-ROM Discs ), CD-R OM/XA (Mode 2 form 1 & form 2), CD- I/FMV, Vi deo CD, CD- DA, Ph oto-CD (S ingl e & mu ltisession), Kar[...]

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    Contacting I/OMagic If y ou experience problems with this I /OMAGIC product and y ou cannot find an answer in the previous Trouble Shooting sections, y ou can contact I / OMagic’s Technical Support Staff. Please have the following information ready when you call: • The product you are having problems with. • The operating system you are using[...]

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    DT -CD32A -001-981101 ve r 1.02[...]