HP xb3000

The HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base is a laptop docking station manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company.

It was first introduced alongside HP's new line of mobility products in May 2006, which includes the dv2000 series of HP Pavilion laptops.

[1] Its notable features include an inclining tray, a PCI expansion port 3 cable interface (with an adapter for compatibility with another PCI expansion port interface (PCI expansion port 2)), and an integrated 16-bit AT hard drive bay.

Several features of the docking station include:[2][3] 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:[3][4] 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 (see below):[3][5][6] When using the HP Expansion Accessory Adapter on laptop models with PCI Expansion Port 2, the following features are unavailable or not supported:[5][6] Undocumented but compatible: The docking station is compatible with versions of Microsoft Windows such as Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP.