IBM 22P6960 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety: Read first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Registering your option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Installation and user’s guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Software description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Installation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Drive controls and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Installing the drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Step 1. Opening the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Step 2. Unpacking the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Step 3. Setting the configuration jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Step 4. Mounting the drive in the bay . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Step 5. Attaching the cables to the drive . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Step 6. Completing the hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Step 7. Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Using the DVD-RAM/DVD-R drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Write-protecting the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Using single-sided and double-sided DVD-RAM/DVD-R media . . . 1-9
Removing the disc from the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Using the DVD-RAM/DVD-R drive with CDs and DVDs . . . . . . 1-11
Using the DVD Player software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Before using the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Using the DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Changing the DVD region code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Using Drive Letter Access (DLA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Using MGI VideoWave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Maintaining the DVD-RAM/DVD-R drive . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Caring for a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Caring for the DVD-RAM/DVD-R drive . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Appendix A. Product specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C. Customizing the device-driver configuration settings C-1
Changing the Auto Insert Notify and DMA parameters for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Enabling DMA for Windows 2000 Professional . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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