Removing the Optical Drive
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Prerequisites
Remove the
battery
.
Procedure
1
Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive assembly to the
computer base.
2
Using your fingertips, slide the optical-drive assembly out of the optical-
drive bay.
1
screw
2
computer base
3
optical-drive assembly
3
Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive bracket to the optical-
drive assembly.
4
Remove the optical-drive bracket from the optical-drive assembly.
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