Specifications

Locatinginternaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourcomputerusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyour
computertoincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourcomputertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internal
drivesareinstalledinbays.Inthismanual,thebaysarereferredtoasbay1,bay2,andsoon.
Wheninstallingorreplacinganinternaldrive,itisimportanttonotethetypeandsizeofthedrivethatyou
caninstallorreplaceineachbayandcorrectlyconnectthecablestothedriveinstalled.Refertothe
appropriatesectionin“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage81forinstructionsonhowtoinstallor
replaceinternaldrivesforyourcomputer.
Figure5“Drivebaylocations”onpage79showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.
Figure5.Drivebaylocations
1Opticaldrivebays1to3(withopticaldrivesinstalledinsomemodels)
2Cardreaderdrivebay
3mSATAsolid-statedrivebay(withanmSATAsolid-statedriveinstalledinsomemodels)
4Harddiskdrivebays1to5(withharddiskdrivesinstalled)
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