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I've gotten a hold of four Ultrabay enhanced CDRW/DVD drives. I planned to upgrade a 600x and a A21m with these drives but discovered a problem. I can install the plastic bracket onto the new drive, but the plugin connector is a different style so I cannot attach the socket part to the back of the new drive. What's the deal? I thought this would be a straight and easy upgrade.
For reference, the plain DVD drive in the A21M is part number 27L4087 and the CDRW/DVD drive that I want to install in its place is part number 40Y8945. They are the same form factor except for the plug on the back.

Hi

That should solve your problem:

http://secondbyte.com.au/ChangeCaddy/ChangeCaddy.htm

Regards

Well, the problem is the connectors on the back panel of both the CD and CDR/DVD are different so they do not seem to be interchangeable, yet both are IBM drives. I dont know what to do about this.

tghlk wrote:Well, the problem is the connectors on the back panel of both the CD and CDR/DVD are different so they do not seem to be interchangeable, yet both are IBM drives. I dont know what to do about this.

I think that the 600 and A21 might use different style caddy connectors. You can buy a caddy to swap out with online for a couple of bucks.

This guy shows how to do it in this eBay auction.