Personal Computer User Manual

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdriveifyourcomputerhasone.
Forcomputermodelsthatdonothaveaninternalharddiskdriveandusearemoteharddiskdriveaccessed
throughtheSMC-StorageArray,contactyournetworkorstorageadministrator.
Toreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage14.
3.Locatetheprimaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatinginternaldrives”onpage11.
4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.
5.Pressthebluereleasetab1down,slidetheharddiskdrivecage2totherearofthecomputer,and
thenpivotitoutward.
Figure22.Removingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
6.Removetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassisbyslidingitoutward.
7.Pullonthebluehandle3toreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromthedrivecage.
8.Flexthesidesofthebluebrackettoremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.
9.Toinstallanewharddiskdriveintothebluebracket,exthebracketandalignpin1,pin2,pin3,
andpin4onthebracketwiththecorrespondingholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthecircuit
board5onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.
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