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Replacing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before working inside your computer . After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your
computer . For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
Procedure
1 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
2 Place the hard drive in the hard-drive bracket.
3 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on
the hard drive.
4 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
5 Align the connector on the hard drive with the pins on the system board
and place the hard drive in the computer base.
6 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer
base.
7 Route the speaker cable through the routing guides on the hard-drive
assembly.
8 Connect the speaker cable to the system board.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the computer base .
2 Replace the wireless card .
3 Replace the base cover .
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