Installation requirements, Installing the drive | IBM 2000 specs

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 A. Help and service information” on page 3-1for technical support information.

Installation requirements

To install the CD-RW/DVD drive, your computer must meet the following minimum requirements:

vThinkPad computer that has an Ultrabay 2000 drive bay, ThinkPad Dock, or ThinkPad UltraBase X2 media slice

v32 MB of Memory

vWindows 2000, Windows Millenium, Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 operating system

Note: Under Windows NT, the ThinkPad A21e cannot play back the contents of a DVD.

Installing the drive

Your ThinkPad computer includes an on-board help system, ThinkPad Assistant, that provides drive installation instructions specific to your computer. To correctly install the CD-RW/DVD drive into the Ultrabay 2000 drive bay in your ThinkPad computer, be sure to use the instructions given in the help system.

Locating the drive controls

The following diagram shows the location of the controls on the front of the drive.

Power light

This light is visible when drive is in use.

Eject button

Press this button to eject the DVD or CD when the drive is in use.

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IBM 2000 manual Installation requirements, Installing the drive, Locating the drive controls

Contents

Page Page Page Page Contents Part 2. Appendixes Product registration Product description Locating the drive controls Installation requirementsInstalling the drive Handling and caring for a DVD or CD Using the driveBefore you begin Caring for the CD-RW/DVD drive Manually ejecting a DVD or CD Using DVDLoading a DVD or CD Enabling the DMA setting Click Device Manager DVD region codes Installing DVDExpressViewing a DVD movie Starting DVDExpress Click Mediamatics DVD Player Backing up a CD Using CD-R and CD-RWProblem solving You cannot eject a CD You cannot create a multisession discYou cannot successfully write to a CD-R or CD-RW disc You cannot read from the CD after successfully writing to it Page Product service and warranty information IBM CD-RW software CD-ROM Laser Safety Guide Locating the drive controls Handling and caring for a DVD or CD Loading a DVD or CD Enabling the DMA setting Region code Canada Former Soviet Union, the rest of Africa, India Using CD-R and CD-RW You cannot create a multisession disc You cannot read from the CD after successfully writing to it Page Telephone technical support Appendix A. Help and service informationOnline technical support Click HelpCenter phone list Appendix B. Product warranty and notices IBM Statement of Limited WarrantyIBM Warranty for Machines Extent of Warranty Items Not Covered by Warranty Warranty Service Limitation of Liability Governing Law Americas BrazilNorth America Canada CAMBODIA, LAOS, and Vietnam United StatesAsia Pacific Australia Japan Hong Kong and MacauIndia EUROPE, Middle EAST, Africa Emea NEW ZealandPEOPLE’S Republic of China PRC Warranty Service Austria and Germany Egypt Italy FranceIreland South AFRICA, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, Lesotho and Swaziland United Kingdom Trademarks IBM Federal Communications Commission FCC statement Industry Canada Class B emission compliance statement Avis de conformite a la reglementation d’Industrie CanadaDeutsche EMV-Direktive electromagnetische Verträglichkeit European Union emission directive Union Européenne Directive Conformité électromagnétique Unione Europea Directiva EMC Conformidad électromagnética Union Europea Normativa EMC Page Part Number 12P1898