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IBM 39T2528 9.5mm CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive for ThinkPad Series
- Type: CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
- Interface: IDE/ATAPI
- Form Factor: 9.5mm Slim
- Compatibility: IBM ThinkPad Series laptops
- Functionality: Reads DVDs and CDs, Writes to CDs
- Replaces existing optical drives
- Ideal for data backup and software installation via optical media
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Product Overview
The IBM 39T2528 is a 9.5mm slim CD-RW/DVD combo drive designed for compatible IBM ThinkPad laptop series. It allows users to read DVDs and CDs, and write to CDs, providing optical media functionality in a compact form factor.
Technical Information
| Drive Type | CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo |
| Interface | IDE/ATAPI |
Additional Specifications
| Thickness | 9.5mm Slim |
| Compatibility | IBM ThinkPad Series |
Product Description
The IBM 39T2528 is a versatile optical drive designed specifically for integration into select IBM ThinkPad laptop models. This drive offers a combination of CD rewriting and DVD reading capabilities, allowing users to manage a variety of optical media. It can read data from standard CDs and DVDs, and importantly, it can write data to CD-R and CD-RW discs, making it useful for creating backups, burning music compilations, or distributing data on physical media. Featuring a slim 9.5mm height, this drive is designed to fit into the Ultrabay or similar slim optical drive bays found in many ThinkPad laptops. This compact form factor ensures that it does not add excessive bulk or weight to the portable computer. The drive connects via an IDE/ATAPI interface, which was standard for optical drives in laptops of the era it was designed for, ensuring compatibility with the intended ThinkPad systems. This drive serves as a replacement or upgrade for existing optical drives in compatible ThinkPad laptops. It enables users to continue utilizing optical media for software installations, accessing archived data, or creating their own optical discs. Its inclusion provides essential optical functionality for users who still rely on CDs and DVDs for various computing tasks.
