Ultrabay options on T60p.

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Worzyl · #1 Post by **Worzyl** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:02 pm

So what options are there for the T60p ultrabay? I don't know anything about this little wonder and I have a DVD drive in there that barely gets any use apart from installing a new piece of software if needed. I don't play any CD's in it once it's been transferred onto the harddrive, nor do I use it to play DVD's.
Apart from adding an extra drive(iDE only, or is it SATA?) ,a battery (how many hours is this?), what other options are there?

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:28 pm

Well, you mentioned battery, and yes an SATA hard drive is possible with a 2nd SATA HDD Adapter. There is also a CDRW/DVD combo drive, a DVD Multiburner (DVD and CD burner), and a Serial / Parallel Port Adapter. The term to search for is 'ultrabay slim' if you are looking for these devices. Here's a helpful link -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_UltraBay

Worzyl · #3 Post by **Worzyl** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:40 pm

Wow! Thanks for the reply and that list is quite something. I'm a little confused. Can the T60p support all the ultrabay types barring the "Serial Ultrabay Slim" and the Serial "Ultrabay Enhanced"? Or is it ONLY the Ultrabay Slim?
I'm looking at getting the extra numerical pad but not to sure it that would fit.

#4 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:54 pm

It's only ultrabay slim. An external numeric pad would be USB connected, not an Ultrabay device.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lenovo-17-key-Numer ... 0279058396
http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-USB-Nu ... 0563595316
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ultrabay

Asudef · #5 Post by **Asudef** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:06 am

Where did you read that the Ultrabay offers SATA HDD capability? I'm looking at the newmodeus website and it says it's only PATA compatible. Btw, anyone have experience with their products? I see similar ones on ebay for cheaper too but I assume they all work mostly the same. I'm just afraid of excessive noise.

Also, I read the battery only adds about an hr of life and the battery itself is prone to dying but that may be a inaccurate information from one source.

#6 Post by **Harryc** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:43 am

Asudef wrote:Where did you read that the Ultrabay offers SATA HDD capability?

You need an adapter for SATA hard drives;

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories

UltraBay Slim T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, X4 UltraBase, X6 UltraBase CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner, PATA HD, SATA HD, Battery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_UltraBay

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