IBM 28L2234 Form You, Installing, Install Your, Drive For, Part User’s, Solving, Discs, With

Part 1: Quick installation guide

This

guide

contains

installation

instructions

in

an

abbreviated

form.

If

you

are knowledgeable about IDE products

and

experienced

in

installing

options,

use

these

instructions

to

quickly

install

your

CD-ReWritable

drive.

For

detailed

operating

instructions,

go

to

“Part

2: User’s

guide”

on

page 2-1. For

problem-solving

information,

go

to

Appendix

D,

“Problem

solving”

on

page

3-20.

Product description

The

IBM

2X/4X/24X

CD-ReWritable

Drive

can

write

and

read

CD-ReWritable

(CD-RW)

and

CD-Recordable

(CD-R)

discs,

and

can

read

mass-produced stamped CDs.

As

a

result,

the

drive

is

compatible

with

Multi-Read

(MR)

CD-ROM

and

DVD-ROM

drives

that

can

read

CD-RW

discs

and

other

media

types,

and

with

older

non-MR

CD-ROM

drives

that

can

read

only

CD-R

and

CD-ROM

discs.

The

drive

writes

to

CD-RW

and

CD-R

discs

at

different

speeds.

The

drive

can

write

to

a

CD-RW

disc

at

up

to

two

times

the

standard

CD-ROM

speed,

recording

data

at

up

to

300

KB

1

per

second.

At

this

rate,

the

drive

can

record

approximately

650

MB

2

of

information

on a

CD-RW

disc

in

about

36

minutes.

The

drive

can

write to a

CD-R

disc

1	KB	equals	approximately	1024 bytes when referring to	data transfer speeds.
2	MB	equals	approximately	1 000 000 bytes when referring	to storage capacity.
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at

up

to

four

times the standard CD-ROM

speed,

recording

data at

up

to

600

KB

per

second.

At

this

rate,

the

drive

can

record

approximately

650

MB

of

information

on

a

CD-R

disc

in

about

18

minutes.

The

drive

can

also

read

data

at

up

to

24

times

the

standard

CD-ROM speed, or

3600

KB

per

second.

Note:

To

use

the drive’s CD-recording function, you must install the

Easy CD

Creator/DirectCD

software (included) for Microsoft

Windows

98,

Windows

95,

or

Windows

NT 4.0.

For

more

information

on

the

Easy CD Creator/DirectCD

software,

see

“Software

description”

on

page

1-2.

The

IBM

2X/4X/24X

CD-ReWritable

Drive

can

be

installed

only

in

a

computer

that

uses

the

integrated

drive

electronics

(IDE)

or

the

enhanced

IDE

architecture.

In addition to this book, the option kit includes:

CD-ReWritable drive
Two	audio cables
Four	mounting	screws	(M3 x	5 mm,	slotted)
IDE	cable
Two	faceplates	for	use with	certain	systems

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