DVD Drive for X3 Ultrabase - Recommendations

[lophiomys]

Just bought an X31 incl. X3 Ultrabase of eBay/bapman007.
Its a wonderfully cute machine, but it turned out that the
DVD ROM Drive Toshiba SD-C2512
does not read any CD.
Specs say, it should read up to 24x CD.
Does anyone know if there is an easy fix for this?

I figured out that X3 has a Ultrabay 2000 / Ultrabay Plus slot.
What replacement DVD or CD-RW/DVD Combo drive would you recommend from your experiences?

Is it possilbe to stick a non-IBM Slim DVD drive into the X3 Ultrabase?
e.g. a NEC ND-6650?

Thanks for your help.

[mazzinia]

I've an AOPEN Dvd writer unit,

ISU-8484G

works perfectly. Obviously needs an adapter.
I don't know if it's true or not, but one shop seller (specializing in thinkpads) told me that not all compatible drives would work 100%. He said that some will not permit to boot.

I've never checked if it's true (maybe he simply wanted to push ibm marketed units, since they are more expensive).

[lophiomys]

uhh, ohh, adapter..., thanks
you are right, of course the std IDE ATA slim connector would not fit.
I just had a look at the connector on my Ultrabay slim drive,
which is again different from the Ultrabay 2000 drive.

[mazzinia]

I've just seen some adapters for generic units on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Thinkpad-Ultrab ... dZViewItem

the price is acceptable, I think.

[lophiomys]

Thanks to Mazzinia, your post is very helpful.
I think I got it now.
Investigated the old defectieve DVD drive:
Actually I could remove from the defective DVD ROM drive
the extra plastic parts and adapter on the back side
and mount them on another slimline IDE/ATA DVD drive.
Was a long day today....

[billp117]

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Thinkpad-8X-DVD ... dZViewItem

You might want to consider a DVD burner for your X31. They also have combo DVD/CD burner drives at a great price.

Good luck...