ThinkPad Ultrabay DVD ROM 9.5mm Slim Drive III - Overview
Features and specifications
ThinkPad 9.5-mm form factor optical drive slides easily into the new native serial Ultrabay slot found in selected ThinkPad laptops and ThinkPad X200 UltraBase
Enhances the productivity of your ThinkPad computer
Reads CD or DVD media with its speedy data transfer rates of:
24x maximum (CD-ROM, CD-R media, CD-RW media)
8x maximum (DVD-ROM dual-layer/single-layer media , DVD-Video media)
Enables playback of DVD movies
Bevel on the bottom edge of the black bezel
Physical specifications:
Approximate height: 9.5 mm (0.374 in)
Approximate width: 128 mm (5.04 in)
Approximate length: 129 mm (5.08 in)
Approximate weight: 140 g (0.31 lb)
Requires appropriate media.
Performance specifications:
Maximum data transfer rates:
Read speeds*:
CD-ROM - 24X (3.60 MB/Sec)
DVD-ROM - 8X (10.80 MB/Sec)
Average access times (Typical Random):
CD-ROM: 140 ms
DVD-ROM: 180 ms
* CD and DVD drives list maximum rates. Rates are variable and are often less than the maximum possible.
Physical specifications:
Approximate height: 9.5 mm (0.37 in)
Approximate width: 128 mm (5.0 in)
Approximate length: 129 mm (5.09 in)
Approximate weight: 150 g (0.33 lb)
Warranty
1 year – Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU)
Announce date: 05 Jun 2012 (Worldwide)
Availability date: 05 Jun 2012 (Worldwide)
Hardware compatibility
Description
Machine Type
Models
ThinkPad T400, T410, T500
All
All
ThinkPad T400s, T410s, T420s, T430s
All
All
ThinkPad T420, T430
All
All
ThinkPad R400, R500
All
All
Software requirements
Microsoft Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
CD and DVD format compatibility
DVD
DVD Spec for Read Only Disc Ver1.0
DVD Spec for Recordable Disc Ver1.0
DVD -R for General Ver2.0
DVD Spec for DVD-RW Ver1.2
DVD Spec for Recordable Disc for Dual Layer Ver 3.0
DVD Multi Read
DVD RAM Ver2.2
DVD +R Spec Ver1.2
DVD +RW Spec Ver1.2
DVD +R DL Spec Ver1.0
CD
Video CD
CD-I Bridge
CD-Extra
Photo CD
CD-I
Note: Some software configurations may not be compatible with all media. Also, some DVD+R and DVD+RW media brands may not be compatible.
Packaging
ThinkPad Ultrabay DVD ROM 9.5mm Slim Drive III (0A65628)
Safety information poster
User guide on CD
Super CD containing User's Guide, BurnNow, DVD movie factory, Core WinDVD applications
Publications
The User's Guide Super CD Disk is shipped with each drive and is available in the following languages:
U.S. English
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Slovak
Turkish
The Publication Notification System (PNS) is not available.
Operating environment
Temperature: 5 deg to 50 deg C (41 deg to 122 deg F)
Relative humidity: 8% to 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating environment
Temperature: -20 deg to 60 deg C (-4 deg to 140 deg F)