A generic drive worked fine in my T23. I can't imagine why it wouldn't, even
under XP. The only drive incompatibities I've heard about have been hard
drives in the T43 because of its unusual PATA controller.
On Jan 7, 2011 4:12 AM, "Simon Royal" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My R31 came with the original CD-ROM drive. It works ok, a bit ropey, but
I
> managed to install two OSes with it.
>
> However, I would like to install a burner drive - either a combo drive (CD
> burner, DVD reader) or a full blown DVD RW drive.
>
> I took the actual drive out of the caddy/casing and fitted a UJDA760 combo
> drive and my R31 didnt like it. I did have problems with this under XP in
> another machine but it worked fine under Ubuntu. I am thinking there is
> something up with this drive in particular.
>
> Should I be able to just put any drive in the caddy/casing and it work
under
> XP/Ubuntu. If so I will pick up a new drive.
>
> Simon
>
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