ThinkPad DVD Ultrabay Slim Burner

I bought an X61 tablet and Ultrabase X6 from a friend, which is shipping now. However, the Ultrabase doesn't have an optical drive. Would I be better off purchasing a Ultrabay Slim Burner (if this can be done) and installing it myself or buying a unit with a burner pre-installed?
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Hi nicktodd, welcome to the forum,
I would just purchase the drive. There is a bay for the drive in the Ultrabase which has a weightsaver in it, just reove it and slot the drive in - couldn't be easier.
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Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately, the answer to your question is : No, it's not compatible.
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Actually, it is entirely accurate. Here is another related thread with a lot of pictures that demonstrate the problem. I have 3 Lenovo W520s and 3 useless Lenovo Ultramedia bay adapters. I cannot tolerate the gap because it causes frequent drive dismounts when I pick up the laptop when it is running or even touching the side. The newmodeus adapters I purchased to replace the defective Lenovo adapters have been rock solid! I recommend visiting all the picture links on this thread. It will clearly demonstrate the problem:
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I noticed that Lenovo has a ThinkPad Ultrabay Enhanced Blu-ray Burner, which is a 12.7mm part for the R61 series, so perhaps they will introduce a 9.5mm Ultrabay Slim part when they become more readily available.
Have you considered purchasing a bare 9.5mm drive to see if you can adapt it with the caddy and bezel from an existing Ultrabay Slim device to fit in your system?
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Hello,
If I am reading the specs right, the following FRU's are compatible:
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Thank you. This has worked, but I don't know why as it isn't anything I didn't do the last time. What a difference a day makes.
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One issue that maybe related is that I can no longer play DVD's or burn items to DVD. I have had a look in system profiler and can see the Pioneer drive in the ATA Device Tree.
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• Trashing pref file - first thing to do (free and easy)
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com.apple.iDVD.plist
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• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
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iDVD updated ?
Apple Codec updated ?
Start a New Clean project - or delete project assets
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