User's Manual

3. Grasp the front of the drive and pull it out of the bay.

Note

If you removed an IDE hard disk drive from the external

bay and it is your only hard disk drive, you must also

remove the hard disk drive cable from its connector on

the main system board. First remove the cable from the

clasps on the side of the subassembly. Then disconnect

the cable from the main system board and remove it

from the computer. (See the illustration on page 4-21 to

locate the main system board connector.)

If you removed a hard disk drive, go to step 5.

If the drive you removed was accessible from the front of

the computer, you need to reinstall the front panel slot

cover. Turn the front panel so you are looking at the inside.

Then press the slot cover into the slot until it clicks into

place between the tabs on both sides of the opening.

slot cover

tabs

Replace the computer’s front panel and cover as described

in Chapter 2; then see ‘Post-installation Procedures” on

page 4-27 to update your configuration.

Installing and Removing Drives

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