Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 - Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage36.
3.Locatethebattery.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage13.
4.Removetheoldbattery.
Figure19.Removingtheoldbattery
5.Installanewbattery.
Figure20.Installinganewbattery
6.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page77.
Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthefirsttimeafterreplacingthebattery,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.
7.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.
8.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter7“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage89.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage77
.
Replacingtheharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheharddiskdrive.
Note:Thissectionalsoappliestocomputermodelswitha2.5-inchsolid-statedrive.
Toreplacetheharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage36.
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