Chapter 1. About the ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Drive

This chapter provides information on registering and installing the IBM® ThinkPad® DVD-ROM UltrabaySlim Drive. This user’s guide is available on the Software and User’s Guide CD in the following languages:

vBrazilian Portuguese

vCzechoslovakian

vEnglish

vFrench

vGerman

vItalian

vJapanese

vSimplified Chinese

vSlovak

vSpanish

vTraditional Chinese

vTurkish

The appendixes of this guide contain warranty information and legal notices.

Registering your option

Thank you for purchasing this IBM® product. Please take a few moments to register your product and provide us with information that will help IBM to better serve you in the future. Your feedback is valuable to us in developing products and services that are important to you, as well as in developing better ways to communicate with you. Register your option on the IBM Web site at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/

IBM will send you information and updates on your registered product unless you indicate on the Web site questionnaire that you do not want to receive further information.

Product description

The IBM ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Drive can read from CD-RW and CD-Recordable (CD-R) discs and mass-produced, stamped CDs and DVDs. The drive can also read DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and DVD-RW formatted media.

CD media can be read at 24X Max speeds, while DVD media can be read at 8X Max speeds.

In addition to this user’s guide, you should have received the following:

vThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Drive

vCarrying case

vSoftware and User’s Guide CD

vLaser Safety Guide

vQuick Reference Guide

Note: Your kit might also contain an update diskette for IBM DVD software.

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IBM Computer Drive manual About the ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Drive, Registering your option, Product description

Computer Drive specifications

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