DVD drive upgrade

[vspec]

I have a T23 and was wondering if I could upgrade the DVD drive to a burner that's not from IBM? I was looking at the NEC ND6650a and wonder if such drives work on the thinkpad models...

http://laptoplogic.pricegrabber.com/sea ... C+ND-6650A

[betabily]

As long as the I/O interface (IDE) is the same, it should work. I use a third party mfg CDRWDVD on my T23 without any problem. Watch your interface though, I bought a DeltaElectronics 24X drive from an E-stealer and the interface is completely foreign.

[LtTPfan]

The NEC 6550a you linked to will work but requires some simple modification. Check out this thread for info: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=19484