Toshiba PA3088U-3CD1 Slim Select Bay CD-RW Drive Tecra 9100 Portege 4010

Toshiba PA3088U-3CD1 Slim Select Bay CD-RW Drive Tecra 9100 Portege 4010

A proprietary Slim Select Bay CD-RW drive designed for Toshiba notebook computers. This drive reads and writes CDs in multiple formats and was standard equipment for business-class laptops of the early 2000s.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: PA3088U-3CD1
• Type: Slim Select Bay CD-RW Drive
• Compatible with Toshiba Tecra 9100 and Portege 4010
• Write Speed: 8x
• Rewrite Speed: 8x
• Read Speed: 24x
• Supported Formats: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM
• Interface: Proprietary Slim Select Bay Connector
• Manufactured in Japan
• Original Toshiba retail box included

Applications

This drive fits into the Slim Select Bay slot found on Toshiba Tecra 9100 and Portege 4010 laptops, allowing users to read and write optical media. The Slim Select Bay was Toshiba's proprietary modular drive system that let users swap components like CD drives, hard drives, or batteries. These drives are now primarily used for legacy system maintenance or data recovery from older media formats.