Installation and User’s Guide

This section contains the product description, hardware and software installation instructions, and operating information for the IBM® 8X Slimline DVD-ROM drive.

Product description

This option package is intended for multimedia applications. The drive comes with a CD containing MPEG-2 decoding software for Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Workstation, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

In addition to this guide, your option package includes the following:

vIBM 8X Slimline DVD-ROM drive

vOne combo cable

vOne MPEG-2 software CD

vOne Safety Information manual

vLaser safety guide

Contact your place of purchase if an item is missing or damaged. Be sure to retain your proof of purchase; it might be required to receive warranty service. See “Appendix D. Help and service information” on page D-1for technical support information.

Your drive can read many DVD and CD formats, including DVD video, DVD-RAM, video CD, and audio CD formats. However, you must install the included MPEG-2 software to play video files. The drive also reads multiple-session, extended architecture (XA) discs, such as the Kodak Photo CD. This drive delivers data at up to 24 times the standard CD-ROM drive speed (24X), and is designed for installation in a personal computer that has a slimline bay and uses integrated drive electronics (IDE) or enhanced IDE (EIDE) architecture.

Installation requirements

Be sure that your computer meets the following system requirements before installing the drive:

vMinimum microprocessor: Intel® Pentium® 133MHz (for MPEG-2 decoding)

vMinimum RAM: 32 MB

vWindows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows Me

vAn available slimline drive bay

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001

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IBM 10K3799 manual Installation and User’s Guide, Product description, Installation requirements