[ltp] (a bit off-topic) strange behaviour after ultrabaying CDRW drive

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:23:06 +0100


On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 22:54:45 +0100, André Wyrwa wrote:
> Hi,

[...]

> Taking a closer look at my drive I dicided that it must be possible to
> buy a TEAC CD-W28E (which is the actual drive within my UltraBay frame),
> disassemble the UltraBay frame from the DVD drive and assemble it to the
> new CDRW drive.

I did the same with a Toshiba SR-R2412. Works fine exept the fact that
I doesn't play audio CDs in my A30 (but not further investigated).

[...]

> One more strange behaviour of her newly assembled drive is that it seems
> not to like hot swapping. Or then hotswapping is possible, but the
> ultrabay status led doesn't switch off on a swap request with this drive
> inserted.

I also tried my Toshiba burner in my girlfriend's T20 and hot swap was
working fine IIRC.

Regards,
Tino