User manual HP DVD WRITER DVD400 DVD400I, DVD420I, DVD530I, DVD630I, DVD640I DVD WRITER - QUICK START

[. . . ] After installation, a screen shows the Install Recommendation: click Print or record the recommendations listed below: Shut down Windows®, turn off and unplug your computer. discharge static electricity and remove your computer's cover. [. . . ] Follow the data cable already attached to the other device and attach the HP drive to an extra connector on that cable. If there isn't an extra connector, replace the existing data cable with one that has two connectors. TIP: If the data cable is too short, buy a longer cable (18" maximum) or rearrange your computer's drives to make everything reach. If you rearrange the drives, you might have to reset the master/slave jumpers. TIP: When connected correctly, the colored stripe on the data cable lines up with pin 1 on the back of the drive. Finding Your IDE Controller If your computer has an IDE hard drive or CD-ROM, follow the data cable from it to the motherboard: the place where it plugs into the motherboard is the IDE controller. Setting the Master/Slave Jumper Most computers have a primary and secondary IDE controller and each IDE controller can have one or two devices connected to it. You set the jumper of the first connected device to master; set the second connected device to slave. Optimizing Your IDE Devices Try to have your HP drive share a controller with a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive instead of a hard drive. Because of speed differences, the performance of your hard drive would be affected. Locate an available power cable and plug it into the back of the HP drive. Power cables usually have yellow, red and black wires. [. . . ] The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. [. . . ]