T43 DVD Super Multi Drive speed discrepancies

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ticeton · #31 Post by **ticeton** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:06 am

One more question -- has anyone considered trying to find another drive in that form factor and swapping it out?

Basically, IBM has adapted an existing optical drive by adding a bezel, etc. I'm sure it would be possible to find another of the same form factor and fit it with the IBM-specific stuff from the old drive.

kuo_david29 · #32 Post by **kuo_david29** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:11 am

ticeton wrote:One more question -- has anyone considered trying to find another drive in that form factor and swapping it out?

Basically, IBM has adapted an existing optical drive by adding a bezel, etc. I'm sure it would be possible to find another of the same form factor and fit it with the IBM-specific stuff from the old drive.

T4~Series had use special IDE adapter,
normal standard 9.5mm Drive cant use for T40~43.

There are new model of super Multi for T40~43 Ultrabay Slim,
4X DVD+-R/ 2.4X DVD+-RW/2X RAM and 24X CDRW,
name is "DVD Multi Ultrabay Slim Plus" too,
but I dont know is it had support DVD+-R DL writer?
because I didnt have time to try it.

follow website is my post about "UJ-832S for IBM Ultrabay Slim":
http://www.tpuser.idv.tw/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19682

asiafish · #33 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:36 am

mg wrote:Of course, plugging in a new external black PX-740UF or PX-716UFL instead would be faster... ;-)

And everyone knows how well those black external drives slide into the ultrabay slim.

Why is "get an external" always the suggestion here? I bought my T42p because it is thin, light and gets terrific battery life. If people wanted suggestions on external peripherals, that is what they would ask for. All of the DVD burner threads I recall seeing for the lsat few months have concerned internal devices.

mg · #34 Post by mg » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:23 am

asiafish wrote:Why is "get an external" always the suggestion here?

Because if you own DVDs with two different regional codes there is currently no workaround other than having two drives?

Just for the record, I've replaced the internal UJ-822S with a HDD adapter with 2nd disk and got an external LITE-ON SOSW-852SX. This burner has the benefit that there are several tools to customize the firmware and reset the regional codes, but an external power adapter needs to be used.

ariadgr · #35 Post by **ariadgr** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:55 am

Dvd region free program can do the job, if you want to play all regions with 1 drive.

aust · #36 Post by **aust** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:59 am

hoya wrote:I just noticed that a review at Laptop Logic mentions this exact issue (look for the section under Optical Drive). so if you're after fast DVD burning, you'll have to go with a thicker & heavier machine such as the R52.

http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/ibm/125/7/1/

Well there is a faster drive, though IBM don't advertise it yet.
I have bought a DVD-Ram drive called Mathita UJ-832S, for my T42.
The burning max speed is:
CD/CD-RW 24/16
DVD-R/RW 4/2.4
DVD+R/RW 4/2.4
DVD RAM 2
I have tested CD, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and it's capable to burn at the max speed over.
The DVD-RW and DVD-RAM I havn't tested yet.

mg · #37 Post by mg » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:56 am

ariadgr wrote:Dvd region free program can do the job, if you want to play all regions with 1 drive.

Does not work with Panasonic/M a t s u s h i t a drives (only).

ariadgr · #38 Post by **ariadgr** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:07 pm

mg wrote:
ariadgr wrote:Dvd region free program can do the job, if you want to play all regions with 1 drive.
Does not work with Panasonic/M a t s u s h i t a drives (only).

Aha. So that's why I couldn't make it work with my Thinkpad's UJ830S.

Attka · #39 Post by **Attka** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:05 am

Hi All!

I'm from Hungary, and i'm very bad in english, therefore i'm sorry. i've got yet 8 days a T43 (2668-97G)(made: 2005-09-19) and this has a Matshita UJ-822S drive. Where i buy the notebook, there sad me the notebook has 4X DVD writer. So at home i tryed, but the drive can writing just maximum 2X (I tryed: TDK, Verbatim TYG02, Ridisc). My question is: This drive can just maximum writing 2X official? When is it true, i ship my notebook back, beacuse i buy a 4X writer not a 2X.

Bye: Attka

yakman · #40 Post by **yakman** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:08 pm

Attka wrote:My question is: This drive can just maximum writing 2X official?

I get 2x maximum on -R and 2.4x on +R

mysbca · #41 Post by **mysbca** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:15 pm

According to the user's manual, it is officially 2.4X write for DVD+R, 2X write for DVD-R and 4X read for DVD+R/-R:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/op ... i336en.pdf

Attka · #42 Post by **Attka** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:20 pm

mysbca wrote:According to the user's manual, it is officially 2.4X write for DVD+R, 2X write for DVD-R and 4X read for DVD+R/-R:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/op ... i336en.pdf

Hi All!

Thanks a lot! I bring back

Bye:Attka

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