[ltp] Replace CD Drive In R31

Jason Brooks linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:24:52 -0800


Hitcachi and LG (gold star) have a co-op called h-l. It is what most
oems use. The drives are marked with the H-L in the drive model number
printed on the case.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Martin N <martin.n@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> Lo,
>
> At 05:51 16/01/2011, you wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Simon Royal <mrsimonroyal@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi
>
> snip
>
>> > I am not too bothered about bezels, as this is the usual the sticking
>> > point .
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
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>>
>> when you say it wont boot up do you mean it stays at the thinkpad logo
>> or that it just doesn't boot a boot disk? If it is at the thinkpad
>> logo it is the drive. There are a lot of devices that will do this. My
>> sony ebook reader does this. My Ipod does this. It is just not
>> compatible with the bios device probe. Probably because it doesn't
>> identify something the bios is waiting for.. who knows. You need to
>> stick with H-L drives. They are 100% compatible.
>
>
> what are "H-L drives" ?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> Martin N
>
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