[ltp] Replace CD Drive In R31

Martin N linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:07:12 +0000


Okay thanks for the information -never heard this before.

Martin N

At 07:24 19/01/2011, you wrote:
>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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