IBM 22P6979 Contents

Contents

Safety: Read first ..........iii

About this book...........vii

Registering your option ..........vii

Installation and user’s guide ......1

Introduction ..............1

Product description ...........1

Software description ...........2

Beforeyoubegin.............2

System requirements...........2

HandlingInstructions..........3

Product views ..............3

Frontviewofthedrive..........3

Backviewofthedrive..........3

Installing the Drive ............5

Step1.Openingthecomputer .......5

Step 2. Unpacking the drive ........5

Step 3. Selecting an IDE port ........5

Step 4. Setting the configuration jumper ....5

Step5.Mountingthedriveinthebay.....6

Step6.Attachingthecablestothedrive....7

Step 7. Completing the hardware installation . . 7

Step 8. Updating your computer configuration . . 7

Step 9. Installing the CD-RW drive software. . . 8

Using CD-R and CD-RW discs ........9

Usingthedrive.............9

HandlingandcaringforaCD.......9

CaringfortheCD-RWdrive........10

Loading a CD ............10

Ejecting a CD manually .........11

Using Windows XP native recording with your

CD-RWdrive.............11

Using IBM Drive Letter Access (DLA) ....12

Using the UDF Reader software for Windows 98,

Windows NT 4.0, or Windows Me......12

Using StorageGuard ..........13

UsingtheRecordNowsoftware.......13

Appendix A. Product specifications . . 17

Appendix B. Problem solving .....19

Troubleshooting.............19

Your computer or CD-RWdrive does not operate

correctly or the busy indicator light does not

comeon...............19

You cannot format a CD-RWdisc ......19

You cannot create a multi-session disc. ....20

You cannot successfully write to a CD-R or

CD-RW disc. .............20

You cannot eject a CD...........20

You cannot read fromthe CD after successfully

writing to it. .............20

You cannot access the CD-RWdrive, or the drive

icon does not display (Windows XP) .....21

The CD cannot be read. .........21

There is no sound from the CD. ......22

The connectors on the audio cables provided do

not fit the connector on your audio adapter. . . 22

You receive ″bufferunderrun″error messages

when copying CDs or making data CDs. . . . 22

Appendix C. Customizing the

device-driver configuration settings . . 23

Changing the Auto Insert Notify and DMA

parameters for Windows Me.........23

Changing the DMA parameter setting from the

Windows XP desktop ...........23

Enabling DMA for Windows 2000 Professional . . 24

Appendix D. Product warranty and

support information .........25

Warrantyinformation...........25

Warranty period .............25

Service and Support ...........25

Warranty information on the WorldWide Web . 25

Online technical support .........25

Telephone technical support........26

IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06

8/2000 ................26

Part1-GeneralTerms..........26

Part 2 - Country-unique Terms .......29

Appendix E. Notices .........35

Trademarks..............36

Electronic emission notices .........36

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

statement..............38