RB Im in the UK and there arent many drive options on eBay at the mo.
Am I looking for Ultrabay Slim or Ultrabay 2000? Simon On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Repair Clinic <[email protected]> wrote: > Buy the DVD-RW version on eBay... usually around $25... works great. > > RB > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:12 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 >> >> -- >> >> --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: >> http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. >> --- IBM ThinkPad R31 running Ubuntu 10.10 & Windows XP Home. Apple >> PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OSX 10.4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini >> Pro running 2.1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> > > > > -- > -- > **A penny saved is a government oversight. > . .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........ > Cicero 106BC > > -- --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad R31 running Ubuntu 10.10 & Windows XP Home. Apple PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OSX 10.4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro running 2.1 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
