DEC RRD42 Installation Manual

DECpc
600-MBSCSICD–ROMDrive

InstallationGuide

Order Number: EK–XCRAA–IG. B03

Digital Equipment Corporation
Maynard, Massachusetts

First published, August 1992
Revised, August 1992, October 1992

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Package Contents

3 Preinstallation

Determining Your Adapter Type ............................... 3–1

Removing the Mode Select Jumper . . ........................... 3–3

Setting the SCSI ID Jumpers ................................. 3–4

Attaching Mounting Brackets ................................. 3–6

4 Completing the Installation

Mounting the Drive ......................................... 4–1

Providing SCSI Bus Termination ............................... 4–1

Connecting the SCSI Cable ................................... 4–6

Connecting the Power Cable .................................. 4–7

5 Installing Device Drivers

Loading Device Driver Files ................................... 5–1

Editing the CONFIG.SYS File ................................. 5–2

Editing the STARTNET.BAT File ............................... 5–3

Editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT File . . . ........................... 5–4

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6 Using the RRD42 CD–ROM Drive

Controls and Indicators ...................................... 6–1

Inserting a Disk into the Drive ................................ 6–3

Manually Ejecting the Caddy . . ................................ 6–7

Caring for Your Drive and Disks ............................... 6–8

A Specifications

Examples

3–1 Adaptec Device Driver Display........................ 3–6

Figures

2–1 PCXCA–AA Kit Contents ............................ 2–2

3–1 SCSI Host Adapter Boards. . . ........................ 3–2

3–2 Mode Select Jumper ................................ 3–3

3–3 Setting the SCSI ID Jumpers ........................ 3–5

4–1 SCSI Terminator at the End of the SCSI Cable ........... 4–2

4–2 Connecting the SCSI Cable with the Termination

Connector ........................................ 4–3

4–3 Removing SCSI Termination Resistors from a Hard Drive. . 4–4
4–4 Removing SCSI Termination Resistors from the Adapter

Board . . ........................................ 4–5

4–5 Inverting the SCSI Connector by Folding the Cable ....... 4–6

4–6 Connecting the Power Cable . ........................ 4–7

6–1 Front Panel of the CD–ROM Drive .................... 6–1

6–2 Opening the Caddy ................................ 6–3

6–3 Inserting a Disk into the Caddy ....................... 6–4

6–4 Closing the Caddy . ................................ 6–5

6–5 Inserting the Caddy into the Drive .................... 6–6

6–6 Manually Ejecting the Caddy . ........................ 6–7

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Tables

3–1 SCSI Adapter Order Numbers ........................ 3–2

5–1 Copying Device Driver Files .......................... 5–1

5–2 Adding Lines to Your CONFIG.SYS File ................ 5–2

5–3 MSCDEX.EXE Software Switches . . ................... 5–5

6–1 Front Panel Controls and Indicators ................... 6–2

A–1 RRD42 CD–ROM Drive Specifications .................. A–1

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1

Introduction

The RRD42 disk drive is a half-height, 5¼-inch, Compact Disk – Read-Only
Memory (CD–ROM) device. It connects to your personal computer (PC) with
the Small Computer System Interconnect (SCSI) bus.

You can use the drive to play audio CDs as well as to read computer data CDs.
To listen to audio CDs, use software such as the Media Player application
included with Microsoft Windows, Version 3.1.

The drive has the following features:

• 600-MB capacity

• Data transfer rate of 150 KB per second

• Burst rate of 1.5 MB per second

• Average seek time of less than 500 milliseconds

• Audio output jacks and a headphone jack

1–1

2

Package Contents

The CD–ROM drive kit (order number PCXCA–AA) contains the following
items (Figure 2–1):

• CD–ROM drive (order number RRD42–AA)

• Caddy for a compact disk (CD) (order number RRD4X–CA/CDA for a pack
of five caddies)

• SCSI bus termination connector

• Screws for mounting the CD–ROM drive

• Diskette(s) with device driver software

2–1

Package Contents

Figure 2–1 PCXCA–AA Kit Contents

CD-ROM Caddy

CD-ROM Drive

SCSI Bus

Termination

Connector

Screws

Device Driver

Software

LJ-0151-FH

2–2

Determining Your Adapter Type

To install the CD–ROM drive, you must have one of the following Adaptec
SCSI host adapter boards in your PC:

• AHA–1510

• AHA–1520

• AHA–1540

• AHA–1740

If you are not sure whether you have one of these adapter boards, remove the
cover of your PC and check now. Some of these adapter boards are shown in
Figure 3–1. Make a note of which board you have because you will need this
information later to install the correct device driver software.

3

Preinstallation

3–1

Preinstallation

Figure 3–1 SCSI Host Adapter Boards

AHA-1740

AHA-1540B

3–2

AHA-1510

LJ-0152-FH

If you do not have one of these SCSI host adapters boards, you must install
one. The order numbers for new adapter boards are listed in Table 3–1.

Table 3–1 SCSI Adapter Order Numbers

Adaptec
Number

AHA–1520 PCTAZ–AA Basic adapter
AHA–1540 PCTAZ–AD Higher performance adapter with Direct Memory Access

AHA–1740 PCTAZ–AB Adapter for use with 32-bit EISA bus only

Digital Order
Number Description

(DMA) capabilities