TOSHIBA expressly and unequivocally disclaims the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, TOSHIBA disclaims all express warranties created by any individual or entity installing this device into a computer unless such express warranties are made with the prior express written consent of TOSHIBA or its authorized representatives. TOSHIBA will not be responsible for any damages, whether compensatory, incidental, consequential, or special damages of any kind, including but not limited to, punitive or exemplary damages, treble damages, loss of use or lost profits whether such damages are sought by the end-user or the purchaser herein, regardless of whether such liability is sought directly or by way of indemnity proceedings in law or equity. It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser herein to provide the end-user or ultimate consumer with all product documentation provided with this product including all product specification, manuals, registration forms and warranty information including product capabilities and limitations. By accepting the component(s), the purchaser herein below agrees to do so and further accepts the terms of this limitation. The purchaser herein below expressly waives any and all rights to the contrary. 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 fo r any damages resulting from such unauthorized disassembly or modification. 3. Read carefully and comply with this Product Specification 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 reasons. 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. SD-R5112 Rev.1.0 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: 4.1. 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 set forth in section 3.1.(1) of this Product Specification. 4.2. 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 caus...