About the CD-RW/DVD drive, Product registration

Chapter 1. About the CD-RW/DVD drive

This manual provides information on registering, installing, and using the IBM® ThinkPad® CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Ultrabay™ Slim Drive, and is available on the Software and User’s Guide CD in the following languages:

vEnglish

vFrench

vGerman

vItalian

vJapanese

vSpanish

vBrazilian Portuguese

vSimplified Chinese

vTraditional Chinese

The appendixes of this guide contain warranty information and legal notices.

Product registration

Thank you for purchasing this IBM product. Take a few moments to register your product and provide information that will help us to better serve you in the future. Your feedback helps us develop better products and services, and helps us develop better ways to communicate with you. Register your option on the http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/ IBM Web site.

You will receive information and updates on your registered product unless you indicate on the Web site that you do not want to receive further information.

Product description

The IBM ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD Combo Ultrabay Slim Drive can write to and read from CD-RW and CD-Recordable (CD-R) discs, and can read mass-produced, stamped CDs and DVDs. This drive can also read DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and DVD-RW formatted media.

The drive writes to CD-R and CD-RW discs at different speeds. CD-R media can be written at 24X Max speeds, while CD-RW media can be written and rewritten at 10X Max speeds. CD media can be read at 24X Max speeds, while DVD media can be read at 8X Max speeds. This drive also features buffer underrun protection which helps minimize recording errors.

In addition to this book, you should have received the following:

vCD-RW/DVD drive