Somewhat good news for those who still wants the drive. I did a little research by IBM and they do offer the Matsushita/Panasonic UJ-812B for $314.10. This is alot cheaper than the UJ-812, which Sony offers for $434.87. Part # 179689213

As a reference, IBM list the UJ-812B as the ThinkPad Multi-Burner Ultrabay Slim Drive; Marketing Part # 73P3294; Replacement Part FRU# 92P6110

Question: Any significant difference between UJ-812 and UJ-812B?

[quote author=“Ishii”]Somewhat good news for those who still wants the drive. I did a little research by IBM and they do offer the Matsushita/Panasonic UJ-812B for $314.10. This is alot cheaper than the UJ-812, which Sony offers for $434.87. Part # 179689213

As a reference, IBM list the UJ-812B as the ThinkPad Multi-Burner Ultrabay Slim Drive; Marketing Part # 73P3294; Replacement Part FRU# 92P6110

Question: Any significant difference between UJ-812 and UJ-812B?

The IBM UJ-812B can not be used in Vaio!!
Cause the Connector is different!!!!
Remember~~~

Thanks for the clarification… so the search continues for those who needs it.

thanks for trying though :!:

anybody found one ?