Lenovo ThinkCentre E93 - Replacing the Solid-State Drive

6.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrivetocompletelyremovethehard
diskdrivefromthechassis.
7.Connectoneendofthesignalcabletotherearofthenewharddiskdriveandtheotherendtoan
availableSATAconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage12.
Then,locateanavailablefour-wirepowerconnectorandconnectittotherearofthenewharddiskdrive.
8.Positionthenewharddiskdriveintotheharddiskdrivebayandalignthescrewholesinthenewhard
diskdrivewiththecorrespondingholesinthedrivebay.Then,installthefourscrewstosecurethe
newharddiskdriveinplace.
Figure24.Installingtheharddiskdrive
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage84.
Replacingthesolid-statedrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethesolid-statedrive.
Thesolid-statedriveisonlyavailableinsomemodels.Itmightbeinstalledintheharddiskdrivebayor
onthebottomoftheopticaldrivebay.
•Toreplacethesolid-statedriveintheharddiskdrivebay,see“Replacingthesolid-statedriveinthehard
diskdrivebay”onpage51
.
•Toreplacethesolid-statedriveonthebottomoftheopticaldrivebay,see“Replacingthesolid-statedrive
onthebottomoftheopticaldrivebay”onpage52.
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