Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Replacing the Optical Drive

Replacingtheopticaldrive
Attention
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafety
information”intheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.Toobtaina
copyoftheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheopticaldrive.
Note:Theopticaldriveisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
Toreplacetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage95.
4.Locatetheopticaldrive.See“FRUlocations”onpage86.
5.Removethescrew1thatsecurestheopticaldrive,andthenslidetheopticaldrivetodisconnectthe
opticaldrivefromtheopticaldrivecable.Removetheopticaldriveoutoftheopticaldrivebay.
Figure18.Removingtheopticaldrive
6.Toinstallanewopticaldrive,slidethenewopticaldriveintotheopticaldrivebaytoconnectthecableto
theopticaldrive.
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