How to Install a DVD Burner on Your Computer
It seems like just yesterday CD burners were the latest craze and they had just hit the market. Now with prices dropping and DVD burners out on the market priced reasonably, you might be thinking of getting one. I’m going to show you how to install a DVD burner into your computer.
The first step is to install the screws in the side of the player. Dependent on your machine, you may have different screws or different slots. Some machines have rails that go along the side, others have a round type of screw that slide in the machine.
In our case, we are using these little slide screws that came with our computer. We are not going to be utilizing the ones that came out of the package. You can look at how all your other drives are installed as a guideline.
First, we’ll install the screws. One thing to keep in mind is that the metal is very thin. You don’t need to torque them very hard. A little twist is all it takes. Once you have all the screws installed, take the drive and insert it into the tower.
It is going to lock into place and the hardware aspect is complete. Next, we are going to install the IDE cable, being very cautious not to bend any of the pins. These IDE cables tend to only go in one way which is the reason you have a key up top.
Go ahead and install that now, pushing it snuggly in. Now take the power cable and install it. It only installs one way. One final thing to keep in mind is that you do have jumper settings. If it’s plugged in the top drive it’s going to be master, if it’s plugged into the second it will be slave and cable select tells the drive to try and figure it out for itself. Make sure it is properly configured for however you have it installed.