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Working With Removable Drives And Device Bays

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6 chapter WORKING WITH REMOVABLE DRIVES AND DEVICE BAYS Bay Configuration The three computer bays support standard as well as optional devices. Some devices can be hot plugged, while others must be inserted after the computer has been turned off. The following table is a list of devices supported in all bays, as well as the computer power state required before inserting the device (see Chapter 2 for bay locations): Functional Bay MultiBay DualBay Battery bay Bay Configuration Devices Supported CD-ROM drive DVD drive LS-120 Drive Second hard drive Diskette Drive Third battery pack Diskette drive Second battery pack Primary battery pack Power State Off Off Off Off On On On On On NOTE: If two 3.5-inch/8.89-cm diskette drives are inserted in the MultiBay and the DualBay at the same time, only the DualBay diskette drive will work. Working with Removable Drives and Device Bays 6-1

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Working with Removable Drives and Device Bays
6-1
chapter
6
W
ORKING WITH
R
EMOVABLE
D
RIVES AND
D
EVICE
B
AYS
Bay Configuration
The three computer bays support standard as well as optional
devices. Some devices can be hot plugged, while others must be
inserted after the computer has been turned off. The following
table is a list of devices supported in all bays, as well as the
computer power state required before inserting the device (see
Chapter 2 for bay locations):
Bay Configuration
Functional Bay
Devices Supported
Power State
MultiBay
CD-ROM drive
Off
DVD drive
Off
LS-120 Drive
Off
Second hard drive
Off
Diskette Drive
On
Third battery pack
On
DualBay
Diskette drive
On
Second battery pack
On
Battery bay
Primary battery pack
On
NOTE:
If two 3.5-inch/8.89-cm diskette drives are inserted in the
MultiBay and the DualBay at the same time, only the DualBay
diskette drive will work.