USB DVD Drive for X40 ?

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cybertof · #1 Post by **cybertof** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:46 am

Hello,

Is there an official IBM usb dvd drive that connects to the X40 ?
I could only find a cd or cdrw usb drive.

(I don't want to buy the dock)

Thanks.
Cybertof.

PS : the link i found :
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... MIGR-53671

G-Man · #2 Post by **G-Man** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:40 am

Not that I know. Get an IBM Portable Drive Bay 2000 from Ebay and an Ultrabay 2000 DVD drive (from Ebay too). I use it with my TransNote. It has both USB and PCMCIA connectivity. Or just find a non-IBM portable DVD drive.

Regards,
G-Man

eriqesque · #3 Post by **eriqesque** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:36 pm

Ther is a combo DVD/Cdrw usb 2.0 drive
I can't find it on the site right now but its out there.

#4 Post by **aamsel** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:39 pm

Is this it?

http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/products.nsf/ ... patibility

IBM is also supposed to have just a CD reader version and also a DVD burner version.

Also, will ANY USB external drive work, or does it have to have its own power, or plug in, if it is not the above IBM model??

My problem with getting the one in the link above, is that it is very slow at 8X CD-RW speed.

Andrew

stinkypete · #5 Post by **stinkypete** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:29 pm

I just got one from ebay, its a generic USB2 dvd/cd reader. It works great and its very small. Also, I can boot with it, just tried Knoppix Linux....

#6 Post by **aamsel** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:05 pm

Could you post a link to the EBAY item that you bought, just so that I can see it, please??

Thanks,

Andrew
Austin, TX

budder · #7 Post by **budder** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:22 am

aamsel wrote:Is this it?

http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/products.nsf/ ... patibility

IBM is also supposed to have just a CD reader version and also a DVD burner version.

Also, will ANY USB external drive work, or does it have to have its own power, or plug in, if it is not the above IBM model??

My problem with getting the one in the link above, is that it is very slow at 8X CD-RW speed.

Andrew

I have that one. It's nice and light and comes in a very small carrying case that you can fit the cables into. However, sometimes it just isn't recognized as a drive and you have to fiddle with it for a little to get it to register on the system.

stinkypete · #8 Post by **stinkypete** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:26 pm

I got this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 30684&rd=1

It's very small and light, and the X40 can boot from it. It's kinda cheaply made but it's a Toshiba slim drive inside.

Like I said, the X40 can boot from it and it seems to read DVD's just fine...

JHEM · #9 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:04 pm

I use one of these for setting up clients' X machines: http://www.micro-solutions.com/products ... 212010.asp

I also have one of these: http://www.micro-solutions.com/products ... 210010.asp

As well as one of these: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=NW930U with the USB cable as well as the PC card connecter.

They all work well and the X machines will BOOT from them.

Regards,

James

tsammyc · #10 Post by **tsammyc** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:34 pm

There are slim, notebook sized, USB 2.0 DVD burners that can be had for $130.

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getp ... id=3576338

Here is a review:

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Article ... S&Series=0

I have one and it works great with my X40. Saves about $300 off IBM's multiburner, which is just a little smaller, but waaay too expensive.

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getp ... romo_id=67

IBM's multiburner runs off the X40 but only if you connect two USB ports simultaneously and only in DVD read mode. If you want to write on the IBM multiburner, you need to connect the power adapter anyway.

cybertof · #11 Post by **cybertof** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:48 am

Do all these drives need an external power supply or do they use USB power ?

It would be fine to have a self working / self powering drive (juste an USB cable...).

Regards,
Cybertof.

akeskira · #12 Post by **akeskira** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:41 pm

cybertof wrote:Do all these drives need an external power supply or do they use USB power ?

It would be fine to have a self working / self powering drive (juste an USB cable...).

Regards,
Cybertof.

X40 does have the extra power plug thingie so at least big blue's own drive should work using that ie w/o external ac adapter.

Antti

stinkypete · #13 Post by **stinkypete** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:10 pm

My cheapo ebay drive works completely off one usb connection. I'm very happy with it.

tsammyc · #14 Post by **tsammyc** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:46 am

Found another one which appears to run off USB power alone, but is quite expensive.

http://www.expnet.com/product.nsf/660a1 ... enDocument

Difficulty still seems to be to find

1. Cheap
2. Fast (4x) Writer
3. Self Powered

#15 Post by **aamsel** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:50 pm

Yes, that is definately the list of "issues".
Seems like this is the negative side of the X40 vs anything larger with internal optical in a nutshell.

Andrew
Austin, TX

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