Plextor 4PS-3 Operation Manual

Summary of 4PS-3

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    Using cd-rom discs and caddies your task: learn how to use a caddy and how to handle and care for your discs. Your objective: protect your discs. Insert and eject caddies properly so your drive operates without interruption. Your method: practice loading discs into caddies, and caddies into drives. ...

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    3) close the lid firmly. But not too hard. Caution: if the caddy appears defective (e.G., warped, cracked, or bent) do not insert it into the drive. A defective caddy can become stuck inside the drive, requiring the drive’s return to your dealer for service. If your caddy appears defective, promptly...

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    Removing the caddy from the drive 1) push the eject button. The caddy will eject from the drive in 2--3 seconds. 2) pull the caddy straight out of the drive. 3) if the caddy will not eject from the drive after pushing the eject button, you should be able to remove the caddy from the drive by using t...

  • Page 4: How to Play Audio Cds

    How to play audio cds on your drive your task: learn how to use your cd-rom drive so that it can also play audio cds. Your objective: increase functionality of your drive. Provide musical accompaniment for presentations. Goof off at work. Your method: a variety exists for you to choose from. You can...

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    F) select ‘‘ add. . . ’’ g) move the highlight bar down to ‘‘[mci] cd audio.’’ h) select ‘‘ok.’’ you will then be instructed to insert one of your windows disks into your floppy drive. After loading the proper device driver, windows should send you the message, ‘‘one cd-rom drive detected. Installat...

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    Please note: the volume control wheel on the front panel of your drive adjusts only the sound level of the headphone jack. It has no impact on the volume level of the rear panel audio outputs. Px-43ce or px-45ce px-45ce chapter 11 ---- how to play audio cds on your drive stereo mini-plug (to headpho...

  • Page 7: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting your task: review some of the common problems you may encounter when installing or operating your 4plex plus drive. Your objective: gain a better understanding of how your drive operates. Attempt to prevent problems before they occur. Quickly fix, on your own, many simple problems ra...

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    Apple computer users: read section 12.3 ---- apple computers technical support if you still cannot solve your problem after reviewing the relevant sections of this chapter, please contact plextor’s technical support department. See chapter 13 for information on how to prepare for, and then make cont...

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    12.1 pc compatibles: initial installation symptoms additional symptom • no sound when running a cd-rom program no sound when playing an audio cd possible causes and solutions application does not use cd-audio there are two types of audio you may encounter when using cd-roms: 1) sound card audio: thi...

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    Improper/missing audio cable if you use a soundboard, you must connect the soundboard to your cd-rom drive with an audio cable. See page 33 to ensure you have properly installed this audio cable. If you have a soundboard and cd-rom drive, but lack an audio cable, contact one of the companies listed ...

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    Possible causes and solutions device drivers need to be updated contact plextor technical support for device driver information. Bad photo cd disc if you can see a list of files from your photo cd (after issuing a dir command), but cannot read them, or experience errors while reading them, you may h...

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    If other device drivers are loading before the cd-rom driver, place them after the cd-rom driver. If the memory manager tries to load the cd-rom driver into high memory (e.G., devicehigh or loadhigh), disable the function so that the driver is loaded into conventional memory. Hardware conflict betwe...

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    Symptom • incorrect dos version possible causes and solutions conflict between ms-dos 5.0 and microsoft’s cd-rom extensions version 2.2 (or lower) ms-dos 5.0 users should use microsoft’s cd-rom extensions (file name mscdex.Exe) version 2.21 or 2.22. If you do not have either of these versions, and p...

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    Symptoms additional symptom • no device found driver fails to recognize the scsi • no scsi interface board found or interface board no response from scsi interface board possible cause and solution drive not resetting in some cases, even if you restart the computer by pressing its reset button or th...

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    Bad connection between the cd-rom drive and the scsi interface board inspect the cable, drive, and interface board for recessed, broken or bent pins. If a ribbon cable is used, inspect for any signs of distress, such as kinking. Ensure the red stripe side of the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 on both...

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    Peripherals have a setting marked ‘‘termination power’’ instead of ‘‘terminator.’’ ensure their termination power switches are set correctly. Symptom additional symptom • cdr 101 -- not ready reading drive [x] cd-rom drive responds to directory (dir) command but cannot run a program possible causes ...

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    Symptom additional symptom • cdr 101 -- not ready reading drive [x] errors occur intermittently possible causes and solutions defective cd-rom disc a fingerprint or other contaminants or deep scratches on the disc’s surface may prevent the drive from reading data. Read chapter 10 to learn how to cle...

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    Bad connection between the cd-rom drive and the scsi interface board inspect the cable, drive, and interface card for recessed, broken or bent pins. If a ribbon cable is used, inspect for any signs of distress, such as kinking. Disc in caddy upside down remove disc from caddy and reinsert label side...

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    Symptom additional symptom • excessive noise cdr101 error message • disc heard jumping possible causes and solutions defective caddy replace caddy. Defective cd-rom disc a fingerprint or other contaminants or deep scratches on the disc’s surface may prevent the drive from reading data. See chapter 1...

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    Symptom • low performance of cd-rom application software possible cause and solution drive automatically set to standard throughput (150kb/sec) plextor’s drives are designed to automatically switch from 4.5 speed throughput (675kb/sec) to double speed (300kb/sec) and then single speed (150kb/sec) wh...

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    12.3 apple macintosh symptoms • invalid drive specification • no device found • drive not responding possible cause and solution scsi address conflicts with the hard disk drive this usually can be corrected by selecting another scsi address (normally addresses 1 to 6) for your cd-rom drive. Note: th...