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9098
May 9th, 2009 13:00
External Media Bay for Latitude CS
Hi there, I have been given an old Latitude CS laptop running win 98.
I want to make do and mend rather than buying new but to do that I need a CD rom which I don't have.
Can I buy a newer compatible CD rom or do I have to buy a used C series external media bay if so where can I get these from?
Hope any one can help.
Cheers
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ieee488
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May 9th, 2009 15:00
You need a C-series CD ROM drive and a 10NRN cable. You can find both on eBay.
The media bay is nice but not necessary. Just having the CD ROM drive together with the 10NRN cable is enough.
MikeRHA
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May 10th, 2009 03:00
Cheers didn't realise that I could use an iternal drive but with the cable.
I've read many times that I can use any C series drive is this correct?
smiler1
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April 18th, 2012 11:00
Hi
I am trying to fix one of these laptops and am hoping that someone have a copy of the:-
Dell Latitude CS/CSx Resource CD for Reinstalling System Software
Many thanks
ieee488
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April 18th, 2012 13:00
Are you saying that you have the external CD drive and the proprietary Dell cable?
Which OS are you looking for? Win98?
Try to find someone with a Dell Windows 2000 or XP CD.
smiler1
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April 18th, 2012 13:00
Yes, I have the Media cable, Cd and Floppy drives, so what so are saying is that I don't necessarily need the latitude disc I can us any Dell operating system within this range 2000 - xp.
Many thanks
speedstep
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April 20th, 2012 09:00
The CSeries Floppy cable that connects to the PARALLEL port will not work with an optical drive.
While it does attach to the optical drive connector its not for Optical Drives.
Only the Media Bay cable is universal in being able to do HDD, Floppy, Optical Drive.
There is a slip on case for the CSERIES to use Floppy or Optical Drive , HDD with a different cable that connects to the IDE port not the parallel port.
The 4169D is the hard drive bay and 10NRN or K2652 is the Media Bay Cable.
Dell Media Bay 1.44MB Floppy Drive C-Series 66942.
You can use any CD that matches the OS of the COA on your system.