Lenovo UltraBay

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UltraBay is Lenovo's name for the swappable drive bay in the ThinkPad range of laptop computers. Introduced with the ThinkPad 750 series, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of ThinkPad, leading to some confusion. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and which drives are available for them. Note that the optical drive bay in G series and R40e series ThinkPads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable. It is however, mechanically, an Ultrabay 2000-device without the surrounding "caddy".

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept; for example, early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5 mm thick, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5 mm thick.

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Overview of UltraBay types and available devices
UltraBay Type Featured in Available devices
UltraBay All 760s and 765s FD, CD, Extra PCMCIA, HD, Battery, ZIP-100
UltraBay II 770, 770E, 770ED, 770X, 770Z FD, CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, HD, Battery, ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
UltraBay FX 390, 390E, 390X FD, CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Battery, Second HDD
UltraSlimBay 570, 570E, 600, 600E, 600X FD, CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, HD, Battery (600E&X Only), ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
UltraBay 2000 A20, A21, A22, T20, T21, T22, T23, X20, X21, X22, X23, X24 FD, CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner, HD, Battery, ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
UltraBay Plus A30, A30p, A31, A31p, R30, R31, R32, R40, T23, T30, X30, X31 all UltraBay 2000 devices, WorkPad Cradle, Numberpad
UltraBay Slim T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, X4 UltraBase, X6 UltraBase CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner, PATA HD, Battery
UltraBay Enhanced R50, R50p, R51, R52 CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner, and all UltraBay Slim devices
Enhanced Ultrabay Z60t, Z60m, Z61t, Z61m, R60, R61, R61i CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner and all Ultrabay Slim / Slim Ultrabay devices
Slim Ultrabay T60, T60p, T61, T61p CD/DVD, CD-RW/DVD, Multiburner, SATA HD, Battery, Serial / Parallel Port Adaptor and all Ultrabay Slim devices