Personal Computer User Manual
12.Installthehard-disk-driveEMIshield.See“Removingandinstallingthehard-disk-driveEMIshield”
onpage76.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage108.
Replacingtheopticaldrive
Attention:Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe
“Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheopticaldrive.
Note:Theopticaldriveisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
Toreplacetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage75.
4.Locatetheopticaldrive.See“LocatingmajorFRUsandCRUs”onpage66.
5.Removethescrew1thatsecurestheopticaldrive,andthenslidetheopticaldrivetodisconnectthe
opticaldrivefromtheopticaldrivecable.Removetheopticaldrivefromtheopticaldrivebay.
Figure18.Removingtheopticaldrive
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