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Internal ATAPI Drive
Owner’s Manual
• Installation Guide
• User’s Guide
• Troubleshooting
• How to Get Help
®
IMPORTANT! Before installing the hardware for your Zip
Internal drive, insert the Owner’s Manual CD and click the
button that says “Watch Installation Video” to give you an
overview of the installation process.
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Table of Contents Installation Guide Getting Started ................................................................................ 4 Identifying the IDE Configuration ................................................. 6 ® Installing the Zip drive as the Slave Device ................................ 11 ® Installing the Zip drive as the only device on the secondary IDE channel .............................................................. 17 ™ Installing the IomegaWare Software ...........
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® Welcome to Zip Drive! ® ® Zip Internal ATAPI drive offers you everything a standard Zip drive has with the ease of installing to an existing IDE channel on your computer! Here’s how to get started using your new drive and software: ® ™ Install your Zip Internal drive and IomegaWare software using the instructions in the Installation Guide (pages 4-26 of this manual). 1 Check the User’s Guide (pages 27-37 of this manual) for ® ™ information on using your Zip drive and IomegaWare software. 2
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Getting Started M IMPORTANT! The Zip Internal drive uses the computer’s onboard IDE/ATA interface. See the User’s Guide section Understanding IDE Connections on pages 36 and 37 of this guide for important information. M Check system requirements. 1 • Pentium 100 MHz or higher IBM-compatible computer 1 1 • Empty 3 ⁄2” or 5 ⁄4 “ drive bay with front panel access • Embedded IDE interface or IDE controller card ® ® • Windows NT , Windows 95/98, or Windows 3.1 ® • Iomega software (included with the
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Installation Guide Watch the instructional video. ® 3 Before installing the hardware for your Zip Internal drive, insert the Owner’s Manual CD and click the button that says “Watch Installation Video” to give you an overview of the installation process. ® Write down the serial number of your Zip Internal ATAPI drive for future reference. 4 You will need the serial number of your Zip Internal drive for registration purposes or if you need to call technical support. The serial number is located o
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Identifying the computer’s IDE configuration IDE/ATAPI devices can be connected to your computer in different configurations. The following illustrations are examples of ways the IDE/ ATAPI devices may be connected to your computer. If you are familiar with IDE connections, you can use these to quickly find your configuration and go to the appropriate hardware installation section. If you are not able to recognize your computer’s configuration from these illustrations, detailed instructions s
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Installation Guide Follow these instructions if you were unable to identify your computer’s IDE configuration 1 from the illustrations on the previous page: Locate the IDE channels using the CD drive 1a From the back of the CD drive in your computer, follow the flat, wide cable to where it connects to the large main board, or motherboard. The area where it connects is called the IDE channel. If the cable leads to the motherboard, go to step 2 on the next page. If you find that the CD drive is c
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Possible IDE channel locations There are usually two IDE channels, called the primary and secondary IDE 1c channel, which are either side-by-side or end-to-end as shown in the illustrations below. Look for “pri IDE” and “sec IDE,” written on the motherboard to identify which channel is the primary and which is the secondary. The hard drive is usually connected to the primary IDE channel. IDE Channels IDE channels 8 Installation Guide
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Installation Guide Determining your computer’s configuration 2 Once you have located the IDE channels, determine the configuration of the IDE/ATAPI devices that are connected to your computer. Steps 2a through 2c show some possible ways that your computer might be configured. If the hard drive is the only IDE device connected... The hard drive is usually connected to the primary IDE channel. If the hard 2a drive is the only IDE device connected, the secondary IDE channel will be unused, as show
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If the CD drive and hard drive are on different IDE channels... 2b Follow the IDE interface cable to find out if the CD drive is the only device connected to the secondary IDE channel. If it is, see Installing the Zip Drive as the Slave Device starting on page 11 of this manual ® for instructions on installing your Zip drive. CD drive IDE hard drive IDE data cables that extend to the motherboard IDE Channels If the CD drive and hard drive are on the same IDE channel... 2c If the CD drive and
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Installation Guide ® Installing the Zip drive as the slave, or second device ® M IMPORTANT! The Zip Internal drive uses the computer’s onboard IDE/ATA interface. If you are not familiar with how devices connect to the IDE interface, please see Understanding IDE Connections section on pages 36 and 37. M ® M NOTE: Iomega recommends that you connect your Zip drive to the secondary IDE channel and not on the same channel as your hard drive. M ® Check the jumper setting on the Zip drive. ® 1 The Z
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3 1/2” drive bays ONLY. ® 2a To install your Zip drive in a 3 1/2” drive bay, remove the mounting screws as illustrated and slide the drive out of the sled. Check mounting requirements. Your drive bay may require side rails. 3 M HINT: Check other drives in the system (such as a CD drive) to see if they use mounting rails. If so, you may need similar mounting rails for ® the Zip Internal drive. If the computer does not include extra mounting rails, contact your computer dealer to obtain them.
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Installation Guide ® Slide the Zip drive into the drive bay. 4 M NOTE: If it makes it easier to connect cables on your computer, ® you can secure the Zip drive in the drive bay now. (See step 9 for instructions on securing the drive.) M Remove the IDE Interface cable that is currently connected to your CD drive. 5 Find the flat, wide cable connected to the back of the CD drive. Note the side of the cable with the red stripe or PIN 1 indicator and disconnect the cable from the motherboard and
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Verify that the jumper on your CD drive is set to “Master.” 6 ® In order for the CD drive and Zip drive to work together properly, ensure that the jumper on the CD drive is set to the “master” setting. A chart indicating the jumper setting should be located on the CD drive. If you are unsure of the setting or how to change it, refer to the documentation that came with your CD drive or computer. ® Connect the CD drive and the Zip Internal drive to the motherboard. 7 Using the 40-pin IDE interfa
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Installation Guide Connect an internal computer power supply ® cable to the Zip drive. 8 M NOTE: If the computer does not have a spare power supply cable, use the power Y-cable provided. Disconnect the power from the CD drive or another device (do not disconnect the power to the hard drive) and connect the power Y-cable. Connect the two extensions of the power Y-cable to both the CD drive or other device ® and to the Zip Internal drive. M Zip Internal drive Power Supply Cable from Computer C
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Check the following items before replacing the computer cover: 10 PIN 1 on the IDE interface cable matches the PIN 1 connector on ® your Zip Internal drive. ® The IDE interface cable is securely connected to all pins on your Zip drive. An internal power supply cable from the computer has been connected ® to your Zip drive. ® Your Zip drive has been securely mounted to your computer. Make sure the IDE interface cable is still connected properly at the hard drive or CD drive and the motherboard co
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Installation Guide ® Installing the Zip drive as the only device on the secondary IDE channel ® M IMPORTANT! The Zip Internal drive uses the computer’s onboard IDE/ATA interface. If you are not familiar with how devices connect to the IDE interface, please see Understanding IDE Connections on pages 36 and 37. M Change the jumper setting to “Master”. 1 The Zip Internal drive is set to the slave configuration as the factory default at shipping. In order to connect the Zip Internal drive as the
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3 1/2” drive bays ONLY. ® To install your Zip drive in a 3 1/2” drive bay, remove the mounting 2a screws as illustrated and slide the drive out of the sled. Check mounting requirements. Your drive bay may require side rails. 3 M HINT: Check other drives in the system (such as a CD drive) to see if they use mounting rails. If so, you may need similar mounting rails ® for the Zip Internal drive. If the computer does not include extra mounting rails, contact your computer dealer to obtain the the
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Installation Guide ® Slide the Zip drive into the drive bay. 4 M NOTE: If it makes it easier to connect cables on your computer, ® you can secure the Zip drive in the drive bay now. (See step 9 for instructions on securing the drive.) M Locate the data cable that comes packaged ® with the Zip drive. Find the colored stripe or 5 print on one side of the data cable showing PIN 1. Stripe or printing shows the PIN 1 side of the data cable. Locate the PIN 1 connection on the IDE channel. PIN 1 o
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Connect the data cable to the secondary IDE channel on the motherboard. (Be sure PIN 1 on 6 the cable is connected to PIN 1 on the motherboard.) PIN 1 to PIN 1 Connect the other end of the data cable to the ® Zip drive. 7 CAUTION Make sure PIN 1 on the cable connects to PIN 1 on the ® Zip Internal drive. All IDE interface cable connections must maintain ® correct PIN 1 orientation in order for the Zip drive to be recognized by the system. M Zip Internal drive PIN 1 40-pin Interface Cable Conne
