ASUS E458 User Manual

High-Speed CD-ROM Drive

ATAPI / Enhanced IDE Interface

With Quick Installation Guides in 9 different languages

E458

ASUS CD-ROM Awards

USER’S MANUAL

I. H/W INST ALLATION

Rear Panel/Setting

Rear Panel Features

I. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

CABLE SELECT

DIGITAL

AUDIO

DOG

ANALOG AUDIO

SLAVE

MASTER

GOROG

39 40

IDE INTERFACE

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POWER

➅

➄

D: Digital; G: Ground; R: Right audio channel; L: Left audio channel

➃

➂

➁

➀

NOTE: The pin settings or definitions of the connectors and jumpers are also engraved on the Rear Panel of your CD-ROM Drive.

Power Supply connector connects to the computer’s power supply.

➀

➁

IDE Interface connector connects to a 40-pin IDE interface cable. Make sure that the red stripe on the cable is oriented with Pin 1 of the CD-ROM Drive’s IDE Interface connector.

➂

Device configuration jumper allows you to set your CD-ROM Drive as the Master or Slave drive. The default setting is Slave, wherein the jumper is on “SLAVE”. “CABLE SELECT” is reserved and should not be used. Analog Audio line out connector has two channels, right (“R”) and left (“L”) audio out-

➃

puts, and allows you to direct audio output from your CD-ROM Drive to your sound card, if available, when connected using a CD audio cable. “G” is for Ground.

NOTES: (1) If the pin definitions on your sound card are not the same as that on your CDROM Drive, check with your dealer for a compatible cable; (2) If you do not have a sound card, plug earphones, headphones, or powered/self-amplified speakers to the Headphones Jack on your CD-ROM’s front panel (see Front Panel Controls). Set the volume controls of your drive and powered/self-amplified speakers to minimum before starting or restarting your computer. This is to prevent possible damage to the earphones, headphones, or speakers.

➄

Digital Audio output connector offers high quality audio ef fect by outputting digital signal to a D/A converter or for recording to a digital audio tape (DAT) or professional audio recording system. The connector follows the EBU-IEC958 standard set by the European Broadcast Union. Testing jumpers are reserved for manufacturer’s internal testing/diagnostic purposes.

➅

Installing Your CD-ROM Drive

Before installing your CD-ROM Drive into your computer (see Quick Installation Guide for instructions on installing your CD-ROM Drive), set your drive as either the Master or Slave (default) drive by placing the jumper cap on the desired jumper ➂.

Slave Drive (Default) Master Drive

NOTE: If your computer only allows you to connect a maximum of two devices and you have two hard disks, remove the Slave hard disk—you need the other IDE connector for your CD-ROM Drive. If you only have one hard disk, set your CD-ROM Drive as Slave. If your computer has two IDE connectors and two hard disks installed, either set your CDROM Drive as Master on the secondary IDE connector or remove the Slave hard disk and replace it with your CD-ROM Drive. Refer to your computer’s manual for your system’s configuration and instructions on hardware installation.

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II. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

After you have installed the CD-ROM Drive into your computer, the drivers necessary to run the drive may now be installed. The CD-ROM Drive comes with an ASUS CD/DVD-ROM Driver for DOS/Win 3.X Installation disk.

In addition to the hardware-dependent driver, a software-dependent driver is installed: MSCDEX.EXE (version 2.21 or later), which is the Microsoft CD-ROM Extension, a standard mechanism for interfacing CD-ROM drives with computers. The driver comes with your operating system (OS), for example, MS-DOS.

DOS/Windows 3.x

1. Restart your computer in DOS Mode.

2. With the installation disk into either drive A or drive B, type A: install (or B: install) and then press [Enter].

3. Choose your preferred setup option and then follow the onscreen instructions.

4. Highlight Start Installation and then press [Enter]. The installation utility will update your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files with the appropriate settings and create the other options that you chose.

5. After the installation is completed, restart your computer.

II. S/W INST ALLATION

DOS/Windows/Others

Setup Options

T wo setup options are available: Express Setup, for quick and easy installation; and Custom Setup, for customized installation settings, such as the target directory for

the driver and installation files, and special settings. For most users, Express Setup, which installs the default CD-ROM driver setting, works just fine.

Transfer Mode (DOS only)

T o take advantage of the special settings to fully use your drive’s capability, highlight T ransfer Mode under the Custom Setup dialog box and then press [Enter]. The different transfer mode options will be displayed, namely, PIO Mode or Programmed Input/Output Mode, Multi-word DMA Mode or Multi-word Direct Memory Access Mode, and Ultra DMA Mode, also known as Ultra-ATA or Ultra-DMA/33.

NOTE: These special settings require that you have a motherboard or install an adapter that supports either or all of these modes. If your system supports it, select DMA Mode (preferably Ultra DMA Mode) for better performance.

Other Operating Systems

If your CD-ROM Drive is already installed, Windows 9x or Windows NT (see IV. Troubleshooting for information on maximizing your drive’s capability) will auto-

matically detect it and determine the appropriate settings for the drive and install or load the correct driver. Your CD-ROM Drive supports the AT API drive interface. Thus other systems, such as Linux and OS/2, should be able to automatically detect your CD-ROM Drive and load the appropriate device driver.

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