The HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base is a laptop docking station manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company.
First introduced in 2006, its notable features include an inclining tray, a PCI expansion port 3 cable interface (with an adapter for another PCI expansion port interface), and an integrated 16-bit AT hard drive bay.
The device is shipped with a USB wireless receiver, wireless keyboard and mouse in select models.
Several features of the docking station include: [1] [2]
The docking station is compatible with several models of laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard that uses the proprietary PCI Expansion Port 3 port.
The following laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard are compatible with the xb3000 docking station: [2] [3]
The docking station is also compatible with the following laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard with PCI Expansion Port 2 ports through the use of an adapter (HP Expansion Accessory Adapter) with some limitations: [2] [4] [5]
When using the HP Expansion Accessory Adapter on laptop models with PCI Expansion Port 2, the following features are unavailable or not supported: [4] [5]
Undocumented but compatible:
The docking station is compatible with versions of Microsoft Windows such as Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP. [3] The docking station also supports Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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