Creative 4X CD-ROM Drives GCD-R542B Betriebsanweisung

CD ROM Upgrade4X CD-ROM DrivesUser GuideOn-line Version

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-11Knowing Your CD-ROM DriveYour CD-ROM drive is just like a CD player. It allows you to play audio CDs, skip and stop a t

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-2The Drive’s Front PanelThis section describes the various controls on your drive’s front panel as shown in Figure 1-1.S

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-3Play/Skip ButtonThe Play/Skip button allows you to play audio CDs when the CD-ROM drive is connected to your system’s pow

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-4 When placing the disc onto the tray, hold the disc by the inner and outer edges with the disc label facing up as show

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-5Please refrain from using excessive force to open the tray as this may damage your drive.The Drive’s Rear PanelThis secti

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-6 CD Audio ConnectorThe CD Audio Connector allows you to direct audio output from your CD-ROM drive to your audio card

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-12Setting Up Your CD-ROM DriveThis chapter provides you with instructions to set up your CD-ROM drive. These instructi

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-2 If you have purchased the drive with an IDE CD-ROM interface card, get the interface card ready (see Figure 2-2).I

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-3Inserting Your Drive into Your SystemTo insert your drive into your system:1. Switch off your system and all periphera

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-44. Locate a 5¼" drive bay for your CD-ROM drive.5. Vacate a drive bay.If a disk drive is positioned above you

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Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-56. Insert your CD-ROM drive into the vacant drive bay as shown in Figure 2-6.Do not slide the drive completely into th

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-62. Connect the power cable to the CD-ROM drive as shown in Figure 2-7.3. Connect the data cable to the CD-ROM driv

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-74. If you are connecting your drive to an audio card, connect the CD audio cable to the CD-ROM drive as shown in Figur

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-8Connecting Cables to Your Audio CardTo connect the CD audio and data cables to your audio card (which has an IDE C

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-93. Slide the drives back into place and fasten them to your system as shown in Figure 2-12. 4. Switch on your system.5

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-10 To install the interface card:1. Locate a vacant 16-bit slot in your system (see Figure 2-13).2. Remove the metal

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-113. Align the IDE CD-ROM interface card’s gold-stripped connector with the expansion slot and gently lower it into the

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-12 To connect the drive to the interface card:1. Connect the data cable to your IDE CD-ROM interface card as shown

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-133. If you do not have an audio card installed in your system, connect a headphone or powered speakers to the Stereo P

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-14Figure 2-20: Connecting data cable to your hard disk.

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Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-153. Connect the data cable to your hard disk controller card as shown in Figure 2-21. Make sure you align the colored

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-16 4. If you have an audio card installed in your system, connect the audio cable to the CD Audio Connector on the a

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-176. Slide the drives back into place and fasten them to your system as shown in Figure 2-23.7. Switch on your system.8

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-18 The installation program creates a directory to store the accompanying software. The program adds the following

Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive 2-19TESTCD does the following:❑Checks that the drive is properly set up.If you see a MSCDEX error message, check that SBI

Using QuickCD 3-13Using QuickCDQuickCD allows you to play audio CDs in DOS and Windows. Like your CD player, QuickCD is easy and fun to operate.This

Using QuickCD 3-23. At the DOS prompt, type QCD and press <Enter>.The QuickCD screen similar to Figure 3-1 appears.If you have more than on

Using QuickCD 3-3Next Track button Plays the next track.If it is the end of the CD, the first track is played.Previous Track button Plays the previous

Using QuickCD 3-4 Quitting DOS QuickCDTo quit DOS QuickCD, do one of the following:❑Press <Esc>.❑Click on the Title box.Running Windows Quick

Using QuickCD 3-53. Select Program Item and choose OK.The Program Item Properties dialog box similar to Figure 3-3 appears.4. Type in the description

iiiSafety Information CAUTION: This CD-ROM is intended to be installed by the user in a CSA/TUV/UL certified/listed IBM AT or compatible personal com

Using QuickCD 3-62. Double-click the Drivers icon in the Control Panel group window.The Drivers dialog box similar to Figure 3-5 appears.3. Check

Using QuickCD 3-76. Choose OK.7. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.Starting Windows QuickCDAfter you set up Windows QuickCD, you can run

Using QuickCD 3-8Play button Plays the track shown in the Display box.Stop button Stops the track.Pause button Pauses or resumes the track.Previou

Using QuickCD 3-9Press <Tab> to choose a button.Press <Enter> to start the selected operation.Move the Slider thumb with the left or right

Using QuickCD 3-10Play Plays the current track.Stop Stops the track.Pause Pauses or resumes the track.Skip Selects the next track and plays it.If

Using QuickCD 3-11❑Minimize on playMinimizes QuickCD to an icon when playing audio CD.❑Stop playback on exitStops an audio CD when you exit QuickCD.3.

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-14Doing More with Your CD-ROM DriveThis chapter comprises several sections to help you get more out of your CD-ROM

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-2mechanism created by Microsoft to read large files, and it gives your PC the capability to communicate with

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-3The descriptions of the parameters are as follows:Parameter DescriptionpathSpecifies the directory where the driv

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-4 MSCDEX.EXE SettingsThe syntax of the MSCDEX.EXE statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT is:C:\path\MSCDEX /D:device /M:xx

ixIntroductionThis User’s Guide provides you with information to install and operate your CD-ROM drive. It also provides you with information to inst

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-5Running CDSETUPAfter you have installed your software, you can run CDSETUP to change the base I/O address and IRQ

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-6d1, d2, d3, and d4 refer to the drives you want to lock. For example, to lock the disc trays for drives D,

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-7Enabling and Disabling JumpersA jumper exists in two states: enabled or disabled. A jumper is enabled when a pla

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-82. Set your drive by placing the jumper blocks on the desired jumper as shown in Figure 4-3.The jumper label

Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive 4-9Connecting the DrivesAfter you have set your drive as the Master or Slave drive, you can connect it to your exist

Technical Data A-1ATechnical DataThis appendix provides you with the technical specifications of your drive.Physical DimensionsHeight 41.5 mmWidth 146

Technical Data A-2Power Supply 5 Volts ± 5%12 Volts ± 10%Current Drain 0.35 Amp (Max.) ± 5 Volts0.8 Amp (Max.) ± 12 VoltsTypical Audio Performan

Resolving Hardware Conflicts B-1BResolving Hardware ConflictsThis appendix provides you with information on the hardware settings of the IDE CD-ROM in

Resolving Hardware Conflicts B-2Changing Base I/O AddressIf I/O address conflicts occur between the IDE CD-ROM interface card and other devices, y

Resolving Hardware Conflicts B-33. Place the jumper block on the interface card to select the desired base I/O address as shown in Figure B-1 . A jum

xMaking a Copy of Your DiskettesIf you have not made a copy of the original diskettes, you should do so before installing the software in your system.

Resolving Hardware Conflicts B-4Changing IRQ LineFour IRQ Lines are available for your IDE CD-ROM interface card: 10, 11 (factory default setting)

Resolving Hardware Conflicts B-5To change the IRQ line, enable the jumpers corresponding to the settings shown in Figure B-2 .To ensure that your chan

Troubleshooting C-1CTroubleshootingThis appendix helps you troubleshoot some common problems you might face.Problems with CD-ROM DriveProblemNo sound

Troubleshooting C-2ProblemInterface card or CD-ROM drive is not ready. Causes1. The power or data cable is not connected.2. MSCDEX.EXE or SBIDE.S

Troubleshooting C-3ProblemI do not know how to specify the settings for the MSCDEX driver when I have two or more CD-ROM drives using different device

Glossary D-1DGlossaryCD-ROM/XA CD-ROM Extended Architecture. An extended CD-ROM format developed by Philips, Sony, and Microsoft that allows computer

Glossary D-2Track A logical region of a disc. Each track can contain sound, animation, video, or other computer data.

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xiAppendix B, “Resolving Hardware Conflicts”The base I/O address or IRQ line of the IDE CD-ROM interface card might conflict with the I/O address or I

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xiiText ConventionsThe following text elements are used to help you distinguish different types of information presented in this guide:Key Combination

xiiiIconsIn this guide, icons are used to highlight areas of text that require your attention.Table iii:Icons used in this guide.Icon UseInformation o