All IBM stuff is proprietary.  You'd have to be one heck of an engineer to buy a different brand, fit it in an IBM drive case, and make it plug in and work on an older IBM T series. I am not even sure a mobo as old as the T23 would support a dual layer DVD drive/writer.  I have an old IBM A21m, which uses many of the same components.  I think you may be stuck with a CDRW for internals, and possibly an extneral CDDVDRW, if your mobo will support it.  It would be slow because I don't think the T series had USB 2.0.




John Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have an IBM Thinkpad T23 type 2647 notebook computer. It currently has a CD/DVD reader in the ultrabay. I would like to upgrade to a combination CD/Double Layer DVD/RW. Can anyone tell me where to find one? As far as I can tell IBM does not offer one. Can I buy a DVD/RW notebook drive from another manufacturer and exchange the internals to fit the drive currently in my ultrabay? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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