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Contents
Safety: Read first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Registering your option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Installation and user’s guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Installation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Drive controls and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Installing the drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Step 1. Opening the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Step 2. Unpacking the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Step 3. Setting the configuration jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Step 4. Selecting an IDE connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Step 5. Mounting the drive in the bay . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Step 6. Attaching the cables to the drive . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Step 7. Completing the hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Step 8. Updating your computer configuration . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Step 9. Installing the CD-RW and DVD software . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Step 10. Setting up your computer for DVD video playback . . . . 1-10
Using CD-R and CD-RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Formatting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Creating data CDs or backing up data files . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Viewing a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
DVD region codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Caring for a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Caring for the CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combination Drive. . . . . . 1-13
Manually ejecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Appendix A. Product specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B. Problem solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C. Customizing the device-driver configuration settings C-1
Enabling DMA for Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Enabling DMA for Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Enabling DMA for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Appendix D. Product warranty and support information . . . . . . D-1
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002
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