IBM 71P7285 manual Installation and users guide, Product description, Installation requirements

Installation and user's guide

This section contains the product description, hardware and software installation instructions, and operating information for the IBM® 16X Max RAM-READ 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® 98, Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Workstation, and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

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

vOne IBM 16X Max DVD-ROM Drive

vOne package of four mounting screws (M3 x 5-mm, slotted)

vOne IDE cable

vOne audio ªYº cable

vOne MPEG-2 decoding software CD

vOne laser 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 ªAppendix D. Help and service informationº 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 decoding 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 40 times the standard CD-ROM drive speed (40X), for CD-ROM and CD-R media. This drive delivers data at up to 16 times the standard DVD-ROM drive speed (16X) for DVD media. This drive is designed for installation in a personal computer that 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 or Intel Pentium II 233MHz if you will be using the MPEG-2 decoding software

vMinimum RAM: 32 MB

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