Table 7-2 System Board Drive Connections
No. System Board Connector Color
1 SATA1 dark blue
2 SATA2 white
Table 7-3 PowerAdapter Cable Connectors
Drive Power Cable Connector
Hard drive P1
Optical drive P2
Removing an Optical Drive
NOTE: An optical drive is a DVD-ROM or SuperMulti LightScribe DVD-RW drive.
CAUTION: All removable media should be taken out of a drive before removing the drive from the
computer.
To remove an optical drive:
1. Prepare the computer for disassembly (
Preparation for Disassembly on page 77).
2. Remove the access panel (
Access Panel on page 78).
3. Remove the front bezel (
Front Bezel on page 79).
4. Remove the two screws on the front of the chassis that secure the optical drive cage to the
chassis.
Figure 7-7 Removing the Optical Drive Screws
Drives
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