Re: [Thinkpad] Problems after replacing an UltraBay DVD/CDRW drive

You probably did not trim the faceplate properly, which resulted in the drive not being properly seated at some point. This tends to damage the system board. sounds like a service call.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Alexandros Papadopoulos
  To: thinkpad@stderr.org
  Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:11 AM
  Subject: [Thinkpad] Problems after replacing an UltraBay DVD/CDRW drive

  Hi list!

  My T23's DVD/CD-RW drive died on me. It was the TEAC DW-28E that
  originaly came with my T23.

  Since I didn't want to pay the premium of buying an official
  IBM-approved drive, I just bought a NEC ND6500A DVD-RW/CD-RW drive. I
  took out the special adapter from my old drive, and fitted it on the
  new drive. I also attached the plastic side rails that seemed necessary
  for the new drive to perfectly fit in the UltraBay of my T23, and it
  did.

  It all worked like a charm. DVD/CD reading and writing... the drive is
  obviously fine, and compatibility seemed fine, until (a few days later)
  my T23 started beeping and the rightmost LED started flashing,
  indicating that a UltraBay device is being inserted/ejected. I wasn't
  even using the drive at the time. After a few minutes of beeping, the
  light stopped flashing and just went off. With it went my drive.

  The only temporary workaround I've found so far is to put the T23 to
  sleep (Fn+F4) and then wake it up again. This only fixes things for a
  random interval (1 minute to 8 hours), after which the whole procedure
  (beeping/flashing) starts again.

  Could anyone explain this or suggest a remedy?

  Thanks in advance.

  -A
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Received on Sun Dec 19 10:30:14 2004