System Requirements, Software Support

System Requirements

Before you install the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, we strongly recommend that you check that your setup meets the system requirements listed below.

Item	Description
Computer	Intel Pentium III (or higher), 350MHz or higher,
	128MB of RAM(or higher) with an IDE interface
Disk space	100MB minimum

Windows version	Windows 95 OSR2 / 98 / 2000 / ME / XP/
	Windows NT 4.0 (or higher)

This product has been set at the UDMA mode.

It may cause trouble due to the compatibility of a specific board or system.

In this case, download the latest version of Firmware which supports the DMA Mode. Using the DMA mode may slightly decrease the efficiency of CD-RW/DVD-ROM.

Software Support

Roxio 5.1 or higher

Installing the Device Driver

No additional device driver is needed for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/NT, as the default Windows device driver is used. You can check that the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive has been correctly detected by Windows. To do so, proceed as follows.

1 Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop.

2 Double-click on the Control Panel folder.

3 Double-click on the System icon.

4 Click on the Device Manager tab.

5 Expand the CD-ROMbranch.

The SAMSUNG CD-RW/DVD-ROM SN - *** device name is displayed.

The SAMSUNG device driver enables discs in the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive to be read but not recorded in an MS-DOS environment; the driver is located in the D driver folder on the CD record utility disc.

Upgrading the Firmware Flash Memory

The product firmware can be upgraded by downloading the updated file from the following Web site:

http://www.samsung-ODD.com www.samsungelectronics.com/odd

Regional Coding

Region Protection Coding (RPC) of DVD Discs :

This feature is supported on DVD Players and used with DVD-Video Discs (ie. movies). Currently, the motion picture industry has divided the world into different regional zones These regions or zones correlate to the regional markets into which the motion picture industry releases movies. Simply put, RPC Codes are placed on Movie Discs marketed throughout the world based on the region of the world they are being sold into.

These RPC codes help to control and prevent the pirating of new release movies into other motion picture market regions prior to their true release dates within those markets.

SN-324 CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive supports RPC phase II.

The local code of RPC-2 mode can be changed by users. It is possible for users to change the zone code up to five times on MPEG Application.