Owners Manual

Removing a hard drive or SSD blank
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive or SSD slots must have hard drive or SSD
blanks installed.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
Press the release latch and slide the hard-drive or SSD blank out of the hard drive or SSD slot.
Figure 46. Removing a 2.5-inch hard-drive blank
a. hard drive or SSD blank
b. release latch
Figure 47. Removing a 1.8-inch SSD blank
a. SSD blank
b. release latch
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