Specifications

3. Remove four isolation grommet screws from the chassis and install them on the hard drive as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 5-37 Installing the grommet screws
4. Push the hard disk drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place (1) as shown in the following
figure.
Figure 5-38 Installing the HDD drive
5. Attach a power cable (2) to the drive.
6. Attach a data cable (3) from the SATA port controller connectors on the system board.
NOTE: HP recommends using SATA ports 3 and 4 for optical disk drives, ports 0–2 for hard disk
drives, and port 5 only after all other ports have been used. (Refer to the service label on the side
access panel of your computer to determine the location of the SATA ports. These ports are also
shown in Figure 5–1.)
NOTE: All SATA ports are eSATA compatible, even though only one port is labeled for eSATA
on the system board.
7. Replace all components that were removed in preparation for component installation.
8. After you reassemble your system, you can use the Computer Setup (F10) Utility to change the
drive letters and boot order. See
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility on page 29.
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