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Installing an optical drive
Refer to the instructions in this section if you wish to install a new optical drive.
Follow these steps to install an optical drive:
1. Place the chassis upright.
2. Remove the drive slot metal plate cover.
3. Insert the optical drive into the upper 5.25-inch drive bay and carefully push
the optical drive into the bay until its screw holes align with the holes on the
bay as shown.
4. Secure the optical drive with two screws on both sides of the bay.
IDE.ribbon.cable
Power.cable
5. Connect a power cable from
the power supply to the power
connector at the back of the optical
drive.
6. Connect one end of the IDE ribbon
cable to the IDE interface at the
back of the optical drive, matching
the red stripe on the cable with Pin
1 on the IDE interface.
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