Hard drive backplane
Removing left hard drive backplane
1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2 Remove the:
a Top cover
b Air duct
c Hard drives
3 To remove the left hard drive backplane:
a Disconnect the SATA 0 connector cable and the SATA 1 connector cable (for 2.5 inch hard drive back plane) [1]. Disconnect the
SATA power cable [2].
b Un-route the cables from the cable retention clips provided [3].
a Loosen the one captive screw [1], lift the HDD backplane away from the system chassis [2].
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Removing and installing components