I believe in Device Manager you can see how much power the drive wants from the USB port. It'll almost certainly say something under 500 mA - that's the max for one port, and USB devices should request all the power they're going to need. If it requests more than 500 mA, it'll just say that it need...

grimm01: What cables are you using with the drive? Does the drive function with power from the USB or do you need to give it extra power? I'm thinking it will have enough power from the USB for reading discs, but will need an extra cable to write discs. Please let me know as I'm debating whether or...

bhtooefr wrote:WinDVD is what ships with the ThinkPads equipped with DVD drives, but that's obviously not what you want.

I use VLC in situations like this - it comes with a Free DVD codec (IIRC, it's libdvdcss, but I might be wrong.)

thanks. i just dl'd VLC and it works great.

you usually just open a few screws and pop it in... on a side note, some arent all that expensive even already put together: http://centrix-intl.com/details.asp?productid=1825 I bought one of the usb DVD drives off centrix-intl.com and just popped in a DVD movie to test it out and windows media pla...

Mine still shows no shipping or progress, now going on 6 weeks. The 'speed' of your delivery, Grimm01 is due to the day it is sent from China being a half day ahead of us. So it's not as fast as it seems, but fast in any case. But you probably knew that anyway. I just wich mine was being made somed...

-- I ordered my X61 on 7-17-07 with ESD 8-3-07. -- Yesterday 7-26-07 I got the email saying it was out for delivery. -- At 10am this morning (7-27-07) there was a UPS deliverman on my front door!! -- I checked the tracking info online and i says that it left China on 7-26-07. How bout that for fast ...

purchasing the slim line drive & enclosure seems like a good cheap solution. is it a matter of simply sliding the drive into the enclosure and everything is ready for use? is there any soldering or other assembly required? in politicorific's link to the case, it looks like there are some extra bits ...

hey guys, I ordered my T61 on July 3rd, the estimate ship date was July 20th. Today, July 7th, I got an email saying it shipped out via UPS! 1 7658CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM 7658CTO CTO THINKPAD T61 WITH INTEGRATED GRAPHICS 1 Y 42V8190 SBB INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7300 42V8010 VBB MS WIN VISTA BUSINESS 42V...

Hello, I have been lurking for a while and now I have some questions. I currently use a X-60 for work and I have the ultra-base. I will be attending B-school in the Fall and I am thinking about getting a X-61. I like the small size, the light weight and after using it for over a year, the widescreen...