Service Manual

Replacing the hard drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety

information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in

Before working inside your computer. After working inside your

computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer.

For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home

page at

www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard

drive.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the

hard drive (HDD1).

2 Replace the four screws (#6-32x3.6) that secure the hard drive to the hard-

drive bracket.

3 Place the hard-drive assembly (HDD1) in the chassis.

4 Replace the screw (#6-32x6) that secures the hard-drive assembly (HDD1)

to the chassis.

5 Connect the power cable and data cable to the hard drive (HDD1).

NOTE: Repeat step 2 to step 5 to replace any other hard drives

(HDD2 and HDD3) installed in your computer.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the left and right side-panels. See “Replacing the side panels”.

2 Replace the stability foot.