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To ensure the CD-ROM drive is properly installed in the system and the subsequent loading of software drivers from different operating system is successful, please follow these steps:
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IDENTIFYING THE IDE PORT
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For Notebook PC models, please reference your Notebook PC manufacturer's installation instructions
As an industry standard, the IDE ports in AT-Compatible desktop PCs have been assigned an identifiable sequence. The sequence is as follows: SECONDARY,_TERTIARY_and_QUATERNARY'>PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY and QUATERNARY. In most systems, there will be either one or two IDE ports (Primary and Secondary) on an I\O controller card or embedded within the motherboard. The hard disk drive C:, unless it has a SCSI interface, is always connected to the PRIMARY IDE PORT. Therefore, if on a system that has one IDE port (Primary) you’re adding an IDE interface card, the IDE port on the card being added has to be configured as SECONDARY. If your system has two IDE ports that are already in use, your interface card’s or soundcard’s IDE port must be configured as TERTIARY. Each IDE port can handle up to two IDE devices.
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