Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71 - Replacing the Primary Hard Disk Drive

6.Carefullycheckthefourcornersofthesocketcovertomakesurethatthecoverissecuredinthe
microprocessorsocket.
7.Lowerthemicroprocessorretainerandthenlowerthelevertosecuretheretainer.Makesurethe
leverislockedintoposition.
8.Followanyadditionalinstructionsincludedwiththereplacementpartyoureceived.
Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreUserGuide.ToobtainacopyoftheThinkCentreUserGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkCentreUserGuides
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive.
Toreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage79.
3.Locatetheprimaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatinginternaldrives”onpage78.
Note:Thereisalsoasecondaryharddiskdrivebayforyoutopurchaseandinstallasecondaryhard
diskdrivebyyourself.Ifyouwanttoinstallasecondaryharddiskdrive,usethesamewayofinstalling
theprimaryharddiskdrive.
4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.
5.Removethefourscrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdrive.Then,slidetheharddiskdriveoutofthechassis.
Figure28.Removingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
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