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You will need to do more than remove the front cover!!
I am not trying to put you down, but your question is a very "newbie" question. At least in the hardware sense. Be careful not to destroy your computer, or alter it beyond your power to put it right!
Maybe you have a knowledgeable friend who can help you?
You have to have access to the back and sides of the drive bay where your cd writer is presently installed.
Be VERY CAREFUL not to drop screws, etc inside the computer. If you do drop anything, you have to recover it before powering up the PC.
Consider using something like Blu-Tack on the screwdriver to hold screws.
So you would need to
1. Switch off the power.
2. Remove the power cord from the atx power supply.
3. Take off the case cover which will open the side of the case. You will have to find some screws holding the case cover.
4. Undo small screws holding the cd writer in its drive bay. Keep screws.
5. Disconnect IDE cable and power cable and maybe audio cable from cd writer.
6. You may be able to slide the cd writer backwards into the case and remove it that way. Or remove blue cover - it probably clips on.
7. Check dvd writer has jumper set correctly for master/slave (probably the same as outgoing drive)
8. slide dvd writer into bay. Do up screws
9 Connect ide cable, power connector, maybe audio cable
10 Replace covers
11 reconnect power cable to atx power supply
12 switch on power
13 start computer
14 check drive is recognised by BIOS at boot.
15 Make software adjustments as necessary. That is, your burning software (Nero, whatever) may need upgrading to work with your new writer. Did you get a bundled version with the drive?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. December 2003 @ 03:26
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