What you should know

CD-RW is identify by front numbers like 52x32x52 which refers to its reading and writing speed. Higher numbers are better to read and write faster. CD-ROM will only have one number at the front, for example 52x. Similar to installing hard drive, the trickiest part of installing your compact disk is setting up the jumpers. Most PC's use IDE connection and accommodate two drives per cable. Connecting two drives (Hard Drive/CD-WR) to single IDE cable requires you to set jumpers; set first drive (hard drive) master and second drive (CD-RW/DVD+/-RW) as slave. If you connecting the IDE data cable to single drive, set the drive jumper to master or select. You may have 2 IDE data cables connecting to the motherboard and each cable could connect to one or two drives. Compact disks have audio cable that connects to the soundboard or motherboard.