Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MagicSpin I/O Magic
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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.
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.
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.
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... ............................. 5 System R equirements ...................................................
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
DT -CD32A -001-981101 ve r 1.02.
An important point after buying a device I/O Magic MagicSpin (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought I/O Magic MagicSpin yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data I/O Magic MagicSpin - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, I/O Magic MagicSpin you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get I/O Magic MagicSpin will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of I/O Magic MagicSpin, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime I/O Magic MagicSpin.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with I/O Magic MagicSpin. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device I/O Magic MagicSpin along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
