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Number and Supported Locations for Drives and Battery Packs

The following table lists the removable drives and battery packs that can be used in the computer and expansion bases, along with the maximum number and supported locations.

Number and Supported Locations

for Removable Components

Removable

Number

 

 

Components

Supported

Locations Supported

 

 

 

 

 

Hard drives *

Up to four

One in the computer dedicated hard drive

 

 

 

bay, one in the computer MultiBay, and two

 

 

 

in the expansion base MultiBays. (The hard

 

 

 

drive must be placed into the optional

 

 

 

MultiBay Hard Drive Carrier before inserting

 

 

 

it into one of the MultiBays.)

 

 

 

CD-ROM drives

Up to three

One in the computer MultiBay and two in the

 

 

 

expansion base MultiBays. However, if two

 

 

 

CD-ROM drives are in the expansion base,

 

 

 

neither can play audio (music) CDs.

 

 

 

3.5-inch

Up to two

One in the computer MultiBay and one in

diskette

 

 

either of the expansion base MultiBays.

drives **

 

 

(You cannot have two diskette drives in the

 

 

 

expansion base.)

 

 

 

Battery packs

Operate computer

One in the computer dedicated battery

***

with one or two

compartment and one in the computer

 

 

 

MultiBay.

 

Charge up to four

One in the computer dedicated battery

 

 

 

compartment, one in the computer MultiBay,

 

 

 

and two in the expansion base MultiBays.

 

 

 

 

 

*For information about adding hard drives, see "Using Additional Hard Drives" and "Changing the Boot Drive" later in this chapter.

**Real mode device drivers must be used for a diskette drive in the expansion base. For more information, see "Accessing a Diskette Drive in the Expansion Base" later in this chapter.

***Refer to Chapter 4, "Using Battery Packs," for information about using and charging battery packs.

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