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Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

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Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

#1 Post by URYYIC » Fri Sep 16, 2016 3:37 pm

The title says it all. I have a disc with all of my recordings on it. No OS. I always used it in my A31 and it was awesome! Then...suddenly...it is not recognized, or listed in anything! I had it checked out and the adapter is fine. Computer is fine. Disc is fine.......Any help out there?

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Re: Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

#2 Post by kfzhu1229 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:39 pm

Try reversing the drives in the two drive bays?
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
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T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
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Re: Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

#3 Post by MikalE » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:42 pm

I had a DVD drive fail in a T510 not three weeks ago. It happens.
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Re: Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:34 pm

If the disk is readable in other machines, then the drive itself has failed. The good news is that you should be able to pick up a working one for $10 or less nowadays...
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Re: Ultrabay 2000 is no longer recognized on A31 IBM...but always used to work fine!

#5 Post by kfzhu1229 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:18 pm

However if the drive itself works in the other slot while the device in the other slot doesn't work in this slot (of course except for the Ultrabay plus specials like keyboard), then it is a bad news. Those ports are directly soldered to the mb... it is unlikely to happen because this is not a budget computer but things could happen.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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