R51 dvd burner question.

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maro98 · #1 Post by **maro98** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:48 pm

Hi, I did some searching around and didn't see a definite answer so thought I'd ask. Are there any non-ibm DVD burners with ultrabay enhanced or ultrabay slim connectors on the back or some type of adapter to convert them from atapi available? I've got an R51 1830-BQU with a CD-RW/DVD-rom ultrabay slim combo drive and wanted to upgrade but the IBM/Lenovo branded super multi burner drive with DL support is a little pricey. I wanted one with DL support and possibly lightscribe and was hoping maybe some other brand existed that was compatible. Oh, and 12.7mm is more preferable to 9.5mm because it feels flimsy with a 9.5mm drive and I was hoping a 12.7 would give it more internal support. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Thanks.

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:58 pm

Sir, I hear people say ebay is full of them.

NS · #3 Post by NS » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:35 am

ryengineer wrote:Sir, I hear people say ebay is full of them.

Yep, i shall back up your comment.

Yes, OP should do a little search in ebay and will get loads of results. Don't be lazy..

bananaheadache · #4 Post by **bananaheadache** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:47 pm

Just wanted to add my 2 cents on this...I have an R51 model number 2888-NU1 using a Matshita UJ-830S DVDRW Ultrabay Enhanced drive. I originally bought this drive on eBay not knowing the tempermental reputation for this particular Matshita drive.

Since then I've done my share of eBay/Google searches for a more reliable, consistant, non-Matshita replacement drive with no luck!

Sure there are plenty of drives listed out on eBay but all compatible models for the R51 I've found have been Matshita CRAP!

I've read somewhere in this forum that the R51 is the "red headed child" of the thinkpad series which makes it hard to find Ultrabay Enhanced drives for this tp.

In conclusion if anyone could post specific brands with their part numbers for (NON Matshita) DVDRW Ultrabay Enhanced drives or DVDRW Ultrabay Slim drives (I've also read in this forum Slim's will work in Enhanced slots with adapter's) that would work with the R51 that would make my freak'n year!

andyP · #5 Post by **andyP** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:33 pm

bananaheadache wrote.

snip.... (I've also read in this forum Slim's will work in Enhanced slots with adapter's) that would work with the R51 that would make my freak'n year!

Almost correct, looky here, you do not need the adapter for R5* models.

Read it and

R51 dvd burner question.

R51 dvd burner question.

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