• Media Modules
– The X300 is a single spindle system, but it provides a few avenues for obtaining additional spindles.
These include:
1. The X300 MediaBase
2. The Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay (comes standard with 24X variable speed CD-ROM, if no
MediaBase ordered)
3. The USB Connected Floppy Drive
(1) The Latitude X300 MediaBase connects to the underside of the notebook – providing easy access to an
internal media bay which utilises all of the D-Family media modules.
(2) The Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay connects to the left side of the system and utilises a speedy USB
2.0 interface.
(3) All modules can be used in conjunction with the floppy drive. This is accomplished by attaching the floppy
drive through a USB port with an industry standard USB cable included with the system.
– The D-Family media modules include the DVD CD-R/RW Combination drive 8X/24X/10X/24X
variable, DVD drive 8X/24X variable, CD-R/RW drive 24X/10X/24X variable, 2X DVD+RW, second
40GB hard disk drive, or new DVD+RW drive 2X/16X/8X/4X/24X variable. The X300 does not
support the D-Family 2
nd
Battery module, but does provide an additional battery bay in the Media
Base for use with an additional X300 28WHr Primary battery. It also serves as a battery charger for
the primary battery.
System on MediaBase System with D/Bay
•Note
Customer’s must choose to take either a D/Bay or an X300 MediaBase to host their
optical solution when purchasing the Latitude X300
•Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay
– The X300 includes a Dell D/Bay and an integrated D/Bay connector (USB 2.0
connection) to connect optical and storage devices to the notebook via Dell’s new D/Bay
External Modular Bay. The connector allows the user to connect an additional hard drive,
optical drive or floppy drive to the notebook which creates a virtual 2nd spindle. Additional
optical drive offerings include 24X CD-ROM , 8X DVD-ROM or 24X CD-RW, or new 2X
DVD+RW. A 40 GB external 2
nd
HDD is also supported. All optical drives are compatible
with the Latitude D-Family products and are not X-series unique.
D/Bay connector includes a
USB 2.0 connector and a
power pin
