External Case for Thinkpad Optical Drive

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#1 Post by **ZaZ** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:18 am

Anyone know if there's an external case made for Thinkpad drives, specifically a 12.7mm drive for the R series drives? Thanks for any help.

jronald · #2 Post by **jronald** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:28 am

19k4492 or 19k4499 http://uk.shopping.com/xPO-IBM-19K4499
Something like that?

Ron

eyestrain · #3 Post by **eyestrain** » Mon May 31, 2010 8:02 am

I've bought something very similar to ebay item 140408838769 at the same $10 shipped price, but these are for 9.5mm drives. Works great. I suppose you might be able to expand the case with some or a lot of difficulty.

#4 Post by **ZaZ** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:54 am

Thanks for the replies. I was kind of hoping for USB. I use it on more than notebooks, which makes USB much more usable. Anyone know of one of those? Thanks again.

jronald · #5 Post by **jronald** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:08 pm

The one I listed is USB or card. Comes with both cables. I use it on the destop, it adds a DVD RW or the Ultrabay mounted HDD easy!

Ron

#6 Post by **ZaZ** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:14 am

Thanks Ron. I looked up the part number on ebay and the one with lots of pictures showed only the PC Card connector. Would you happen to know if the case can be USB power or is an adapter required. Thanks again.

jronald · #7 Post by **jronald** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:56 pm

Adapter is always required. But for that matter, I have used it with a cable off the spare USB port. Seems to work fine with the included or the "other" cable.

Ron

eyestrain · #8 Post by **eyestrain** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:48 am

The ebay one I linked says "USB" in the title at the top of the page.

The one I bought, from a different seller, slightly different design, is USB. That's how I connect it to the computer, and it works fine, even with only one port for power.

#9 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:21 am

Would this do?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0215603568

#10 Post by **ZaZ** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:36 pm

Thanks RBS, but that's for a 9.5mm drive. I need a 12.7mm case. I already got a thing the allows me to connect the drive. I was just hoping for a case for protection.

#11 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:38 pm

http://www.ultradrives.com/product_info ... cts_id/455

#12 Post by **ZaZ** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:24 am

Thanks for the reply. The case looks like it it'll fit, but you still got the space where the easy eject sits. I think I'll stick with what I got since I don't use my optical drive much unless I can find one designed for a ThinkPad drive. Thanks again.

jronald · #13 Post by **jronald** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:33 am

The IBM one I linked to above, is for IBM from IBM.

Ron

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