1shado1 :
ffg7 :
as 1shado1 said, it is just a blank panel. 2 of my customers bought 2 laptops that did not come with optical drive just a blank panel in place of 1.
It makes one wonder if the panel were removed, would the connector for an optical drive still be inside, and just not utilized...
I just opened up one of these for my father in law to add memory (had to take the whole thing apart, instead of the usual 2 screws for an access panel, but still only took about 15 minutes). It has a slot and SATA port (I think "slimline") attached to the main board. Looking at the specs, and kits for putting another hard drive or SSD in there, it is a 9.5 mm slot, that makes the drives I found on amazon that would fit there quite expensive. You can get a 12 mm one for $20. Sigh.