Installing 2nd Optical Drive (Jumper Selection)

I purchased a Retail Plextor PX-760A DVD Burner which was on sale at Dell.com for C$99.
When installing the secondary drive what setting should the jumper be on. Should I put it in 'Cable Select' mode or 'Slave' mode.
Help is appreciated.

The OEM should be set to CS. So that is what to use. You cannot mix master/slave jumper settings with cable select on the same bus.
You'll know when you press Option + Eject

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