IBM 22P6979, User Manual

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Contents
Safety: Read first . . . . . . . . . . iii
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Registering your option . . . . . . . . . . vii
Installation and user’s guide . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product description . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Software description . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . 2
Handling Instructions . . . . . . . . . . 3
Product views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Front view of the drive . . . . . . . . . . 3
Back view of the drive . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 1. Opening the computer . . . . . . . 5
Step 2. Unpacking the drive . . . . . . . . 5
Step 3. Selecting an IDE port . . . . . . . . 5
Step 4. Setting the configuration jumper . . . . 5
Step 5. Mounting the drive in the bay . . . . . 6
Step 6. Attaching the cables to the drive . . . . 7
Step 7. Completing the hardware installation . . 7
Step 8. Updating your computer configuration . . 7
Step 9. Installing the CD-RW drive software . . . 8
Using CD-R and CD-RW discs . . . . . . . . 9
Using the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Handling and caring for a CD . . . . . . . 9
Caring for the CD-RW drive . . . . . . . . 10
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ejecting a CD manually . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Windows XP native recording with your
CD-RW drive .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using IBM Drive Letter Access (DLA) . . . . 12
Using the UDF Reader software for Windows 98,
Windows NT 4.0, or Windows Me .
. . . . . 12
Using StorageGuard . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the RecordNow software. . . . . . . 13
Appendix A. Product specifications . . 17
Appendix B. Problem solving . . . . . 19
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Your computer or CD-RW drive does not operate
correctly or the busy indicator light does not
come on. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
You cannot format a CD-RW disc . . . . . . 19
You cannot create a multi-session disc. . . . . 20
You cannot successfully write to a CD-R or
CD-RW disc. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
You cannot eject a CD.. . . . . . . . . . 20
You cannot read from the CD after successfully
writing to it. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
You cannot access the CD-RW drive, or the drive
icon does not display (Windows XP) .
. . . . 21
The CD cannot be read. . . . . . . . . . 21
There is no sound from the CD. . . . . . . 22
The connectors on the audio cables provided do
not fit the connector on your audio adapter.
. . 22
You receive
″
buffer underrun
″
error messages
when copying CDs or making data CDs. . . . 22
Appendix C. Customizing the
device-driver configuration settings . . 23
Changing the Auto Insert Notify and DMA
parameters for Windows Me.
. . . . . . . . 23
Changing the DMA parameter setting from the
Windows XP desktop .
. . . . . . . . . . 23
Enabling DMA for Windows 2000 Professional . . 24
Appendix D. Product warranty and
support information . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty information . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty period . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty information on the World Wide Web . 25
Online technical support . . . . . . . . . 25
Telephone technical support . . . . . . . . 26
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06
8/2000 .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 1 - General Terms. . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 2 - Country-unique Terms . . . . . . . 29
Appendix E. Notices . . . . . . . . . 35
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . 36
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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