Lenovo ThinkCentre E73z - Replacing the 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive or Hybrid Hard Disk Drive

10.Connectthehard-disk-drivecabletothenewharddiskdrive.
11.Positionthebracketwiththenewharddiskdriveinthechassissothatthescrewholeinthebracket
alignswiththecorrespondingholeinthechassis.Then,installthescrewtosecurethebracketwiththe
harddiskdrivetothechassis.
12.Installthehard-disk-driveEMIshield.See“Removingandinstallingthehard-disk-driveEMIshield”
onpage76.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage108.
Replacingthe2.5-inchsolid-statedriveorhybridharddiskdrive
Attention:DonotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheChapter
2“Safetyinformation”onpage3.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethe2.5-inchsolid-statedriveorhybridharddiskdrive.
Note:The2.5-inchsolid-statedriveandthe2.5-inchhybridharddiskdriveareavailableonlyinsomemodels.
Toreplacethe2.5-inchhybridharddiskdrive,followthestepsofreplacingthe2.5-inchsolid-statedrive.
Toreplacethe2.5-inchharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerandgentlylay
itdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputerstand.See“Removingandinstallingthecomputerstand”onpage71.
4.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage75.
5.Removethehard-disk-driveEMIshield.See“Removingandinstallingthehard-disk-driveEMIshield”
onpage76
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