ibm thinkpad ultrabase?

[car3]

i just got a x21 with an x2 ultrabase - cdrom and floppy

the laptop has no OS on it so I thought I could attach it to the ultrabase and boot from a cd

but the cdrom drive wont open and the led doesnt flash or anything

Is the ultrabase broken or am I missing something?

thanks,
Jeff

 

[phisrow]

Are you connecting the ultrabase to power, then the laptop to the ultrabase?

 

[car3]

no, is that the only way it works?

 

[phisrow]

I cannot speak with certainty of your model; but with the ones that I've used, you have to plug the power adapter into the ultrabase, which powers itself and the connected laptop. Hopefully that'll fix your problem.

 

[DaWhim]

get a usb cdrom, you can boot from there. i installed a winxp on my x30 before, usb1.0 wasn't as bad as i thought.

 

[lordbob99]

Originally posted by: phisrow
Are you connecting the ultrabase to power, then the laptop to the ultrabase?

Phisrow is correct. You need to plug the power adapter into the ultrabase. The laptop will still draw power through there if that's what your concern is.