Will T43 DVD burner work in T40/T41?

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billp117 · #1 Post by **billp117** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:42 pm

Tried the T43 genuine IBM DVD burner in the T41 and got immediate blue screen. Any advice? I thought they were compatible. It works great in the T43.

Thanks, Bill

#2 Post by **bill bolton** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:02 pm

billp117 wrote:Any advice?

Its probably time to for a reload of XP!

Cheers,

Bill B.

#3 Post by **richk** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:16 pm

Drive part number?

billp117 · #4 Post by **billp117** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:30 pm

FRU- 92p6110 p/n 92p6109 rev:103

billp117 · #5 Post by **billp117** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:35 pm

ooops...actual unit that had the problem (which works fine in my T43 with XP)

fru p/n 39t2507 asm p/n 39t2570 rev: 101

DVD Multi +

I have two and this is the one that gave the blue screen

Again...sorry for the mistake.

Bill

#6 Post by **richk** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:05 pm

Lenovo just released a firmware update. This may be your problem, but I cannot match the manufacturer's mart numbers listed here to the IBM part numbers.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-63596

billp117 · #7 Post by **billp117** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:26 pm

Hey...you are good. Funny thing however, I have the Multi Burner in my Z61t and did the updates a week ago. There was no firmware update required for the multi burner. It did update my bios which required re-validation of Vista with MS.

Thanks, We can try this to see if it works. I believe he is going to reload the restore disks on his other T41 (my brother's laptop) and we can try it in that machine first.

I am a little disappointed now since I see these drives are 2X or 2.4X for burning DVD's. The new drives are now 8X as are the knock-off's on eBay. I am not sure if that means much these days.

Thanks for your help.

Bill

billp117 · #8 Post by **billp117** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:00 am

I just found out the laptop gets the blue screen before XP boots up. This won't work as planned. Perhaps we can restore XP to the other T41 and see if it will boot. Or, we can try booting and then install the drive.

Will let you know. Bill

Padhead · #9 Post by **Padhead** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:13 am

FYI, I've also had some problems with Multi plus from a T43 in a T41. I've even ordered the IBM disk that comes with T43 Multi +, and still have had problems.

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