Installation and user’s guide, Product description, Installation requirements – IBM 10K3799 User Manual

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Installation and User’s Guide

This section contains the product description, hardware and software
installation instructions, and operating information for the IBM

®

8X Slimline

DVD-ROM drive.

Product description

This option package is intended for multimedia applications. The drive comes
with a CD containing MPEG-2 decoding software for Microsoft

®

Windows

®

95,

Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT

®

4.0 Workstation, Microsoft Windows

2000 Professional, and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

In addition to this guide, your option package includes the following:

v IBM 8X Slimline DVD-ROM drive

v One combo cable

v One MPEG-2 software CD

v One Safety Information manual

v Laser safety guide

Contact your place of purchase if an item is missing or damaged. Be sure to
retain your proof of purchase; it might be required to receive warranty service.
See “Appendix D. Help and service information” on page D-1 for technical
support information.

Your drive can read many DVD and CD formats, including DVD video,
DVD-RAM, video CD, and audio CD formats. However, you must install the
included MPEG-2 software to play video files. The drive also reads
multiple-session, extended architecture (XA) discs, such as the Kodak Photo
CD. This drive delivers data at up to 24 times the standard CD-ROM drive
speed (24X), and is designed for installation in a personal computer that has a
slimline bay and uses integrated drive electronics (IDE) or enhanced IDE
(EIDE) architecture.

Installation requirements

Be sure that your computer meets the following system requirements before
installing the drive:
v Minimum microprocessor: Intel

®

Pentium

®

133MHz (for MPEG-2 decoding)

v Minimum RAM: 32 MB
v Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, or

Windows Me

v An available slimline drive bay

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