Z61M CD drive misaligned?

[acampbell]

Sorry for this very ignorant question but I'd never seen a machine of this type before.

I noticed that the CD-RW drive was sloping down at the front. This seemed odd, compared with my older R50e and pictures of the Z61M I'd seen in a review.

Then I discovered (!) that the drive is removeable (well, it didn't say so in the manual) so perhaps it isn't really a fault? Can someone comment please?

[ryengineer]

Sorry for this very ignorant question but I'd never seen a machine of this type before.

I noticed that the CD-RW drive was sloping down at the front. This seemed odd, compared with my older R50e and pictures of the Z61M I'd seen in a review.

Then I discovered (!) that the drive is removeable (well, it didn't say so in the manual) so perhaps it isn't really a fault? Can someone comment please?

Drives are removable in new thinkpads, even in many old ones, atleast the ones I've come across (A31, R51 to name).

If the drive is working normally then everything should be fine.

[zinger]

This is what my Z61M looks like. I was a little concerned initially over the gap on the far right - but I guess it's normal. Drive functions and inserts/removes fine.

[acampbell]

Thanks for replies and for the picture. This is what mine looks like too so I suppose it's OK. However, the drive has stopped working so it's back with the suppliers at the moment.