Thick strip of paper? Is that in the ultra bay compartment itself? Did you seat the CDR, or was it already seated? PS: No need to wait for a reader to come. I wouldn't hesitate to call IBM Tech Support with a question or two about this device. They will want the model and serial numbers, but you can probably slide on that for a call or two with questions like this one. Worth a try, anyway. Call them at 800 772 2227 On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Ok, when I open the cdrom, I haven't been able to get it to come out yet. > There's something underneath that looks like kind of a thick strip of paper. I > don't want to wreck my laptop the first day i have it, but I wonder if something > was put in there to keep it secure during shipping. > > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org