5. Place the drive's guide screws into the J-slots in the drive bay. Then slide the drive toward the front
of the computer until it locks into place.
TIP: Angle the drive toward one side of the chassis to line up the guide screws with the slots.
Figure 5-22 Installing a drive into the drive cage (media card reader shown)
6. Connect the drive cables:
a. If installing a second hard drive, connect the power and data cables to the rear of the drive
and connect the other end of the data cable to the next available (unpopulated) SATA
connector on the system board by following the numbered sequence of the connectors.
b. If installing a media card reader, connect the USB cable from the media card reader to the
USB connector on the system board labeled MEDIA. If the media card reader includes a 1394
port, connect the 1394 cable to the 1394 PCI card.
NOTE: See Locate system board drive connections on page 78 for an illustration of the
system board drive connectors.
7. Replace the optical drive. (See Installing an optical drive on page 82.)
8. Replace the front bezel (see
Installing the front bezel on page 72).
9. Replace the access panel (see
Installing the access panel on page 71).
10. Restore all connections and equipment that you removed during the
Predisassembly procedures
on page 68.
Removing and replacing the primary hard drive
The preinstalled 3.5-inch hard drive is located under the power supply. To remove and replace the hard
drive:
1. Follow the procedures listed in the
Predisassembly for drives on page 77 section.
CAUTION: Failure to follow the predisassembly procedures can result in equipment damage or
data loss.
2. Remove the access panel (see Removing the access panel on page 71).
3. Remove the front bezel (see
Removing the front bezel on page 72).
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