Personal Computer User Manual

Replacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.ToobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Note:Dependingonyourmodeltype,yourcomputermightcomewithasecondaryharddiskdrivebay
forinstallingorreplacingasecondaryharddiskdrive.Forcomputermodelsthatdonothaveaninternal
harddiskdriveandusearemoteharddiskdriveaccessedthroughtheSMC-StorageArray,contact
yournetworkorstorageadministrator.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethesecondaryharddiskdrive.
Toreplacethesecondaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage14.
3.Locatethesecondaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatinginternaldrives”onpage11.
4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.
5.Pressthebluereleasebuttontoreleasetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassis.
Figure25.Removingthesecondaryharddiskdrive
6.Removetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassisbysimplyslidingitoutward.
7.Pullonthebluehandletoreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromtheharddiskdrivecage.
8.Flexthesidesofthebluebrackettoremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.
9.Toinstallanewharddiskdriveintothebluebracket,exthebracketandalignpin1,pin2,pin3,
andpin4onthebracketwiththecorrespondingholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthecircuit
board5onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.
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