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WARNINGS
This equipment (an optical disc drive) handled under the conditions out of equipment specifications may cause
heavy load, heat generation, malfunction, erroneous operation and performance degradation. Therefore, please
handle this equipment properly in compliance with the warnings provided below. In the event that you do not
comply with the warnings, Toshiba cannot guarantee the safety, reliability and performance of the equipment
expressly provided in the specification. Manufacturers and resellers of the computer system using this
equipment and/or this equipment itself shall notify the end-users of the warnings provided herein and ensure
them to comply with these warnings in an appropriate manner.
1. This equipment does not involve any over-current protection circuit. Use an appropriate over-current
protection in the computer system which this equipment would be connected. Toshiba shall not be liable
for any damages to the system which does not have any over-current protection.
2. DO NOT disassemble or modify this equipment. Toshiba shall not make any guarantee to the reliability,
safety and performance of this equipment expressly provided in the specification and nor be liable for any
damages resulting from such unauthorized disassembly or modification.
3. Read carefully and comply with this manual in order to avoid the risk of data error in writing operation.
Such possible data error would be made by any factors other than this equipment (i.e., poor storage media,
misuse of this equipment, malfunction in a computer system connecting this equipment, etc.). Toshiba
shall not be liable for any damages resulting from such data loss. Check whether the original data is
correctly copied or stored upon completion of writing operation. Take any necessary measures to protect
your data such as system backup and/or mirroring disk subsystems in order to avoid the risk of unexpected
data loss or data corruption resulting from failure in this equipment for some reason.
Manufacturers and resellers of the computer system using this equipment shall be required to consider the
safety of such computer system and data integrity in order to avoid the risk of any consequential damages
caused by data loss or data corruption and any problems or accident caused by malfunction of the computer
system.
DO NOT use this equipment in the system such as medical equipment which may cause personal injury
or property damages resulting from malfunction of this equipment and unexpected data corruption or data
error in reading operation.
4. Turn off the power for this equipment and wait more than one (1) minute before you eject the disc using
the emergency eject mechanism when a disc cannot be ejected for some reasons in order to avoid the risk
of damages to the disc.
NOTICE
1. Turn off the system power before mounting/removing this equipment in order to avoid the risk of damages
to this equipment.
2. Insert the DC power plug in correct direction in order to avoid the risk of damages to this equipment.
3. Handle this equipment only in electrostatically safe environment and do not touch connecting terminals
with empty hands when you build in or pull out this equipment from other product in order to avoid the
risk of malfunction of this equipment.
4. DO NOT do any of the following:
DO NOT use storage media (CD's / DVD's) that are not the correct size or shape, or do not meet the
minimum formatting requirements.
DO NOT insert more than one (1) CD or DVD disc into the drive at any time. Doing so will damage
or destroy this equipment and could damage or destroy the disc or cause data loss or corruption.
DO NOT load or eject any CD or DVD disc with force. Doing so will damage or destroy this
equipment and could damage or destroy the disc or cause data loss or destruction.
DO NOT eject a CD or DVD disc while the drive is in operation. Doing so will damage or destroy
this equipment and could damage or destroy the disc or cause data loss or corruption.
DO NOT insert anything else into the drive other than a CD or DVD disc. Doing so will damage
or destroy this equipment.
5. Before you carry or move this equipment, always turn on this equipment and push a eject button to close the
disc tray in order to avoid the risk of damages to this equipment. You can not fix the internal unit of this
equipment completely if you close the disc tray while power is not on.
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