M5505 (year 1999) "Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 2X DVDxROM Module" M7931 (year 2000) "PowerBook DVD-ROM Module"
Sounds strange to me that it has G3 Series" as this was the Wallstreet range, and the unit doesn't fit that PowerBook, nor is the DVD supported in the Lombard...
The Pismo/Lombard are referred to as Powerbook G3 Series, though. (As opposed to Wallstreet, which was Powerbook G3 without "Series").
Is the second unit also a 2X ? Is there any difference ? I am planning to keep the M7931, is that the best one ?
Put them both in the Pismo (one at a time), use Apple System Profiler to get info on what mechanism is inside. The earlier drives seem to have been legendary for problems, but there's no way of you knowing which one actually has the more recent mech in it; the original owner may have had an in-warranty problem and had the unit refurbished with a newer mech.
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