HP CD-WRITER Plus User manual

HP CD-Writer Plus
user’s guide

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Table of Contents
Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Installation Notes
Read the Installation Poster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
How to Set the CD-Writer Plus as Master or Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
How to Find the IDE Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How to Connect the IDE Data Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
How to Connect an Audio Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
About Making CDs
When Should I Use CD-R (Recordable or Write-Once) Discs? . . . . . . . .13
When Should I Use CD-RW (ReWritable) Discs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
How do I Make CDs That Can be Read on Other Computers?. . . . . . . .14
When is the DirectCD Software Useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
How do I Make Audio CDs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Can I Avoid Swapping Audio CDs In and Out of the Drive? . . . . . . . . .15
Can I Use the New 80 Minute Audio CDs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Solving Installation Problems
Things to Try First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Installation Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Warranty Information
Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Customer Support
HP Customer Care Online www.hpcdwriter.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Your Local Reseller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
HP Customer Care by Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Before You Contact HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Telephone Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Returning a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

2Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide
Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide
Additional information is available in the electronic User’s Guide that
was installed you your CD-Writer’s program group. The electronic User’s
Guide provides hardware and software information that is not included
in this manual. The guide is provided in HTML format and uses your web
browser to display its contents.
The User’s Guide provides information about:
■Starting and using CD-Writer software
■Sharing CDs
■CD care
■Troubleshooting
■Product specifications
■Warranty
■Software license agreements
■Regulatory information
■How to contact HP

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Installation Notes
Read the Installation Poster
The Quick-Start installation poster describes how to install your CD-
Writer Plus drive. Follow the instructions on the poster and refer to this
chapter of the User’s Guide if you need additional information about:
■How to set the CD-Writer Plus as Master or Slave
■How to find the IDE connectors on your computer
■How to connect the IDE data cable
■How to connect an audio cable
How to Set the CD-Writer Plus as Master
or Slave
When you place Software Disc 1 in your CD-ROM and click Install CD-
Writer Plus the software analyzes your computer and makes a
recommendation about connecting the CD-Writer Plus hardware.
The Install Recommendation tells you whether the jumper on the CD-
Writer Plus should be set as Master or Slave for your computer.
Find the pairs of pins labeled Master, Slave, and Cable Select on the back
of the CD-Writer Plus. Notice that one pair of pins has a small plastic cap
or jumper. This jumper can be pulled off using your fingers, tweezers, or
needlenose pliers, and placed on a different pair of pins to change the
setting.

4How to Set the CD-Writer Plus as Master or Slave
NOTE: The appearance of the back of your drive may vary slightly from the
illustrations. All installation steps are valid for your drive.
or Master
Check the back of the new drive and
make sure the jumper is on the right-
hand location (Master).
Don’t use
Cable Select
This is a jumper. You can pull
it off and place it on another
pair of pins to change the setting.
Slave
Check the back of the new drive and
make sure the jumper is on the center
location (Slave).

How to Find the IDE Connectors 5
How to Find the IDE Connectors
When you place Software Disc 1 in your CD-ROM and click Install CD-
Writer Plus the software analyzes your computer and makes a
recommendation about connecting the CD-Writer Plus hardware.
The Install Recommendation tells you whether the CD-Writer Plus
should be connected to the primary or secondary controller in your
computer.
If the Install Recommendation states that your CD-Writer Plus drive will share
the data cable with another device (such as a CD-ROM drive), follow the cable
already attached to the other device down to the circuit board in order to locate
the IDE controller that you need. If you find an extra connector along that
cable, simply attach that connector to the CD-Writer Plus drive.
Locate the recommended 40-pin IDE controller’s connector (primary or
secondary) on your computer’s motherboard.
The IDE connectors are on the motherboard, which is the largest circuit
board in your computer, taking up most of the bottom of a desktop
computer or the side of a tower computer.
IDE connectors are usually found in pairs and may look like any of the
following:
manual if you need
See your computer’s
IDE connectors
help finding the
IDE connector

6How to Find the IDE Connectors
The IDE connectors may be hidden by some of the computer’s cables or
may be behind a drive.
Many computers have an IDE hard drive or CD-ROM that connects to
the motherboard through an IDE controller. The data cables on these
drives have the same width as the data cable included with your CD-
Writer Plus. If your computer has an IDE hard drive or CD-ROM drive,
you can follow the data cable from the back of one of those drives to find
the IDE controller.
Computer manufacturers use a wide variety of labels for IDE connectors.
Look on your computer’s circuit boards for printing identifying the
primary and secondary connectors, such as:
- PRI and SEC
- IDE-0 and IDE-1
- IDE-1 and IDE-2
- HD and CD-ROM (most common devices to be attached)
- PCI-IDE and ISA-IDE
You will see a variety of connectors
inside your computer that look similar
to the 40-pin connector, but have
more or fewer pins. Find the
connectors that are the correct size to
fit the cable that came in the box with
your drive.

How to Connect the IDE Data Cable 7
How to Connect the IDE Data Cable
When you place Software Disc 1 in your CD-ROM and click Install CD-
Writer Plus the software analyzes your computer and makes a
recommendation about connecting the CD-Writer Plus hardware.
The Install Recommendation tells you whether there will be one or two
devices connected to the IDE data cable.
CAUTION: Do not attach the CD-Writer Plus drive to a sound board’s IDE
controller.
Most data cable connectors are keyed to fit only one way. If your
connector is not keyed to fit only one way make sure the cable’s colored
edge is aligned with PIN-1 where it connects to the CD-Writer Plus drive
and where it connects to the IDE controller on the motherboard. Among
the labels you may find that identify PIN-1 on the motherboard are PIN1,
1 or a small triangle pointing to the pin.
CAUTION: Make sure that you are attaching the cable correctly! You must
locate PIN-1 on each connector and attach the cable so that the edge with the
color stripe is aligned with PIN-1. If the cable is attached incorrectly, your
computer may not boot up.

8How to Connect the IDE Data Cable
PIN-1
Look for a label identifying PIN-1 next
to the IDE connector. The data cable’s
colored edge is aligned with PIN-1 of
the IDE connector. This illustration
shows a specific computer. Yours may
look different. PIN-1 could be on
either side of the IDE connector.
colored stripe on
the data cable
PIN-1
The cable’s colored edge is aligned
with PIN-1 on the CD-Writer Plus
drive.
Colored stripe on
the data cable