IBM 09N4076 manual Caring for the CD-RW drive

Caring for the CD-RW drive

To protect your CD-RW drive during operation, observe the following precautions.

Ÿ Remove any CD in the drive before moving the drive.

Ÿ	Do	not	insert	foreign	objects		into	the	drive.
Ÿ	Do	not	stack	objects on		the	drive.
Ÿ	Do	not	remove	the	drive	cover	or	attempt		to	service the drive.
Ÿ	Do	not	operate	the	drive	under	any of the following conditions:
	–	High	temperature,		high	humidity,		or	direct	sunlight
	–	Excessive		vibration,		sudden	shock,		or inclined		surface

–Excessive dust

Loading a CD

To load a CD into a horizontally mounted CD-RW drive, follow these steps.

1. Press the Eject/Load button. The tray slides out of the drive.

2. Insert the CD into the loading tray with the label facing up.

3.

Close

the

loading

tray

by

pressing

the

Eject/Load

button,

or by

gently

pushing

the

tray

in.

Attention:

Do

not

force

the

tray

to

open; do

not

insert

foreign

objects

into

the

CD

tray. If

your

tray

does

not

open

when

you

press

the

Eject/Load

button, see

“Manually

ejecting a

CD”

on

page 1-13

for

information

on

manual

ejection.

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