On Monday 06 April 2009 23:49:46 RBay wrote: > Optical drives go bad without notice. It appears one or more of yours are > bad. > > There is no fix, except a replacement. There are not really any relevant > lines and connections to the Ultrabay 2000 slot run from the T30 > motherboard except those that you see connected. There may be drivers that > you will find on the Lenovo site, by type number. > > There is no continuity to test, realistically... but you can unplug and > reseat any and ever connection and sometimes have luck in getting things to > work. > > But I suspect you need a replacement drive. > > There are diagrams and schematics on the Lenovo site that you can find by > going through all the available materials by type or part number... and > there is a full schematic of the T-30... But there are such a large number > of replacment drives that you will be lucky to find any useful information > for your. > > The main problem is that the drives go out of alignment ever so slightly... > microns, actually, so that when they are out of alignment, you just > replacement as they are worn out. > > > The T-30 is a very old unit from about 2000... and parts are seldom > available, but you will occasionally find them in Google searches and on > Thinkpad sites. There is an excellent one in Raleigh, NC, but I don't > remember the name at the moment. They sell almost daily on eBay > > Good luck. > > > Hello Thinkpad lovers: > > > > I am posting this again with a few revisions due to > > an absent response from this very knowledgeable > > group. Should I try thinkpads.com instead? > > > > I have a T30 that I use with an IBM ThinkPad Docking > > Station II (2877) at each of five locations to allow > > quick access to a variety of hardware. At this time > > I have two hard drives installed in my T30. In some > > of the docking stations I have an optical drive > > installed in the Ultrabay 2000 slot. I have been > > experiencing a failure of recognition upon booting > > of the drive in the docking station Ultrabay 2000 > > slot. Please note that when the optical drive is > > inserted into the Ultrabay 2000 slot in the T30 it > > is recognized and operates as would be expected. > > > > Where would the relevant lines and connections to > > the Ultrabay 2000 slot run from the T30 motherboard? > > How could I safely test their continuity? Are there > > connectors that might productively be disassembled > > and then reseated? And, are there any diagrams > > and/or schematics readily available for such things? > > Please note that I have the easily found repair and > > parts list files from the IBM and now Lenovo sites. > > Finally, given the price of T30s on eBay, should I > > simply purchase a replacement rather than repair > > the one I have? > > > > TIA, > > > > - Mark > > > > Mark Henigan > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
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