IBM 10K3799 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety: Read first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Registering your option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Installation and User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Installation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Drive controls and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Installing the drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Step 1. Opening the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Step 2. Unpacking the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Setting up your computer for DVD video playback . . . . . . . . 1-4
Enabling the DMA settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Installing the MPEG-2 decoding software . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Viewing a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
DVD region codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Using the DVD-RAM Read function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Using single- and double-sided DVD-RAM media . . . . . . . . 1-6
Removing the disc from the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Precautions for handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Caring for a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Caring for the DVD-ROM drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Manually ejecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Installing the drive in slimline IBM systems . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Power and signal cables for internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Loading components-small form factor desktop model. . . . . . . 2-2
Installing an optical drive-small form factor desktop model . . . . . . 2-3
Appendix A. Product specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B. Problem solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C. Customizing the device-driver configuration settings C-1
Changing the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,
and Windows Me device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Changing the Auto Insert Notify and DMA parameters for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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