Is it hard to install a DVD burner?

[Rudyard]

My burner was playing up and so I took it back under warranty and they just took the drive as I needed my PC for other things.

Now its ready to pick up but my old man is going right past the shop and is picking it up and so I will have to install it my self.

Is there anything tricky about plugging my burner back in? Are the cables easily recognisable as to where they should go?

Also will I have to adjust any software settings or should they all be the same (dma etc)? And if they replaced the drive rather than fixed it will that change the way I do things?

Thanks for any help.

[Epicurus8a]

It's extremely easy to do. You may, however, need to upgrade you burning software.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6603_7-5118840-1.html

[LOWTECH]

10 minute job, if the same burner is put back in, 4 screws, one ribbon cable and a sound wire to be reconnected and you are away.
If a replacement is put in and a different make, the disc supplied should be used to set up if needed. Window xp should recognise it also

[Rudyard]

Thankyou both for your replies, I will post back after attempting with hopefully happy results!

[edDV]

After an over Christmas holiday "helping" experience, it seems bundled software has become mostly useless (e.g. Nero Essentials). Not even an MPeg2 decoder included. Essentials has become just a promo to buy the full Nero $99 package.

In the good old days you got the MPeg2 decoder and a functional version of PowerDVD.