[ltp] CD-RW for T23?

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:37:33 +0200


On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 17:54:23 -0700, njcross@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> I bought a reconditioned T23 and run Mandriva LE 2005 and I'm really
> happy with both. The Thinkpad came with a DVD player but I really
> need to burn some music CDs. Can anyone suggest a good internal CD-RW
> which works well with the T23 and K3b and will burn CDs that will
> play on most domestic CD players.  I also have winblows 2000, which I
> hardly ever use. Nev.

I bought an old cheap ThinkPad UltraBay CD-ROM drive at eBay (all
drives for A2x and T2x should fit), a cheap standard SlimLine CD-RW/DVD
combo drive and used the UltraBay frame from the CD-ROM drive for the
burner. The burner was a Toshiba SD-R2412, but any IDE burner should
work.

Regards,
Tino