Tecra 8000 - CD-ROM defect - fitting new drive ?

The CD-ROM of my Tecra 8000 has a defect. It tries to load a CD-ROM, LED is blinking, it stopps and then the drive LED is permanently on.
So i assume the drive is busted.
What kind of new CD-ROM is fitting to this laptop ? Only Toshiba original ones ?

Hi
Wow, the Tecra 8000 series is really old. Are you still using this notebook?
It feels like the notebook would come from the Stone Age ;)
However, I think the CD/DVD drive supports *IDE* interface but not all drives would be compatible because of the slave/master/cable select settings
It looks like DVD-ROM drive +Toshiba - SD-C2002+ would be compatible.
Not quite sure if you will be able to get such drive because of the device age but probably the Toshiba authorized service provider in your country could provide some compatible optical disk drives

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