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CD/DVD Drive
When you are not using the CD/DVD drive, you can turn the drive power off to minimize power consumption.
When you want to minimize power consumption (example)
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Set [Optical Drive Power] in the Setup Utility to [Off]. (
The drive power remains off when the computer is started up.
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To use the drive, turn it on with the drive power/open switch or using [Manual Switching] in the Optical Disc Drive Power-
Saving Utility.
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When finished using the drive, turn the drive power off.
NOTE
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The drive power/open switch and the Optical Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility only operates after Windows has started
up.
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When the drive power is turned off, the message “The ‘Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller’ device can now be
safely removed from the system” will appear, but the CD/DVD drive is an internal device, so it cannot be removed.
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If the software application may not recognize the drive, exit the software application, and then start up the application
once more after checking to make sure that the drive power is on.
Turning On/Off the CD/DVD Drive
<For read-only discs>
Wipe discs with a dry, soft cloth from the center toward the edge.
If discs get very dirty, wipe with a moist, soft cloth from the center toward
the edge, then wipe again with a dry cloth to take up remaining moisture.
<For recordable/rewritable discs>
It is recommended to use the Panasonic disc cleaner.
Do not use a cloth.
To clean discs
How to hold a disc
