Portable Drive Bay 2000

Portable Drive Bay 2000 The Portable Drive Bay 2000 provides a portable Ultrabay 2000 casing which can be connected through either PCMCIA or USB (earlier models came with the PCMCIA interface only). Features USB 1.1 interface cable (with the later model) PCMCIA interface cable Ultrabay 2000 slot Stand for vertical positioning supplemental power by 3 AA batteries external power adapter

Also known as

• "Portable Drive Bay II"

Part numbers

• Marketing PN: 19K4480
• FRU - Drive Bay: 19K4499
• FRU - USB Cable: 19K4500
• FRU - PCMCIA Card/Cable: 19K4501
• FRU - Audio Cable: 19K4502
• FRU - Stand: 19K4503
• FRU - 3 Prong Power Supply: 19K4504
• FRU - 2 Prong Power Supply: 19K4505

UltraBay 2000

The Ultrabay 2000 slot is a full featured one and supports hot swapping with all Ultrabay 2000 drives. However, the Ultrabay 2000 battery pack is NOT supported.

Vendor documentation

• Portable Drive Bay 2000 - Overview
• IBM Website for Portable Drive Bay 2000 (broken link)
• Problems recognizing 8x DVD drive (Windows)
• Harddisk drive not recognized when passwords are present