Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive

Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive This is an CD-RW/DVD-ROM combination drive for the Ultrabay Slim. Features Read capabilities CD-ROM (24x) DVD-ROM (8x) Write capabilities CD-R (16x) CD-RW (10x) Access speed: 150 ms (CD-ROM) / 170 ms (DVD) 2 MB buffer Weight: 210g (0.46 lbs) Actual drives Toshiba SD-R9012 Matshita (Panasonic) UJDA745 Latest firmware: 1.06

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Issues

• May have problems reading DVD+R/RW. (Drive does not report DVD+R/RW read capability.)

Part numbers

• Marketing PN: 22P7011 (curved bezel)
• FRU PN: 08K9865 (Matshita), 62P4556, 92P6581 (KME), 92P5993 (Toshiba)

Linux support

If connected at boot time then the drive is /dev/hdc.

There is a BIOS setting that controls the actual speed of the drive ("high" or "low"). If the writing speed never reaches 16x while writing CD-Rs, make sure it is set to "high".

Supported with

• ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p
• ThinkPad Z60t
• UltraBase X4, ThinkPad X4 Dock