IBM 09N4076 manual Introduction

Part

1:

Installation

and

usage

guide

This

part of the manual consists

of

an

introduction,

installation

instructions,

and

instructions for using and maintaining the CD-RW drive.

Introduction

This

section

will

give

you

a

description

of

this

option

and

the

software

which

comes

with

it,

as

well

as

some

information

you

will

need

before

you

install

the

option.

Product

description

The

IBM

can

write

and

read

CD-RW

(CD-ReWritable)

and

CD-R

(CD-Recordable)

discs,

and

can

read

mass-produced

stamped

CDs. As

a

result,

CDs

created

by

this

drive

are

compatible

with

MR

(Multi-Read)

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

four

times

the standard CD-ROM

speed,

recording

data

at

up to

1200

KB

per

second. At

this

rate,

the

drive

can

record

approximately

650

MB

1

2

of

information

on

a

CD-RW

disc

in

about

18

minutes.

The

drive

can

write

to

a

CD-R

disc

at

up

to

eight

times

the

standard CD-ROM

speed,

recording

data

at

up

to

2400

KB

per second. At this rate,

the

drive

can

record

approximately

650

MB

of

information

on

a

CD-R

disc

in

about

nine

minutes.

The

drive

can

also

read

data

at

up

to

32

times the

standard

CD-ROM

speed,

or

9600

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

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:

ŸCD-RW drive

Ÿ	Two	audio	cables
Ÿ	Four	mounting	screws (M3 x 5 mm, slotted)

ŸIDE cable

Ÿ Two faceplates 3 for use with certain systems

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.

3

If

you

purchased

the

black

option

kit,

you

will

receive

one

black

faceplate.



Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2000

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