Lenova Think Centre DVD replacements & upgrades

If this is something your planning to do in your own machine then be aware of one VERY important fact. Despite the fact the front folds upwards that feature is merely to allow easy removal of the leads from the back, to remove the actual drive itself fold the carriage flat and lightly pull the dvd eject cover down then push the dvd from the back out the front of the case.

Dont try what I did and try to remove it from the back by pushing the front, its physically impossible.

Anyway the new dvd-rw is now fitted, a Samsung SH-S222A. The master/slave dipswitch was already in the correct position thankfully so all it needed was to be cabled up. Its currently doing its 1st burn as a test. Which seems to play ok in the computer so thats a good start.

Lenova M series upgrades you can't do!

Do you own an IBM/Lenova ThinkCentre? M series? Is it an M52? An 8215? A CTO?
Want to fit it with a PCI Graphics card better than the on board 128 Meg piece of crap it has?

Well you can't! Because your PSU won't handle it.
The machine only has a 225w PSU and every graphics card above 128 Meg needs at LEAST 250W.

So your fucked. Just like I am. This means I won't be playing Portal until I buy a new computer.
So basically never then.
Thanks to the wankers at IBM for fitting a PCI slot for graphics & for fitting a FUCKING low wattage PSU.
WANKERS!