[ltp] Replacing a T61's Matshita UJ862 drive with an LG alternative?

[Jay C Vollmer]

On Sunday 14 December 2008, Juergen Botz wrote:
> Adrian Bastholm wrote:
> > Or you could try Ebay :
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LENOVO-THINKPAD-ULTRABAY-SLIM-DVD-BURNER-73P334
> >2_W0QQitemZ280291195215QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item28
> >0291195215&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A
> >1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
>
> And that's not a Matshita drive?  The Ebay listing only says Lenovo
> 73P3342... what's the actual manufacturer/model for this part?

I don't know about the DVD burners, but the Ultrabay slim CD-RW/DVD burner 
that I got from Lenovo was OEMed by Panasonic.  It looks the same as the 
one on ebay, perhaps it has the same source.

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JAY VOLLMER