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Replacing and Adding System Components
14 Position the bracket on the side of the 5.25-inch drive bay so that the
front of the drive projects through the opening in the front of the chassis
and the mounting hole aligns with the threaded standoff.
15
Secure the assembly to the 5.25-inch bay with the screw you removed
earlier, and tighten the screw firmly.
16
Connect the signal and power cables to the drive. The red stripe on the
signal cable goes to pin 1 on the drive connector.
17 Reinstall the foam fan carrier, fans (see “To install the system fans:” on
page 68) and connect the power, data, and front panel cables to the fan
power board.
18
Reinstall the right side access panels (see “Replacing the side panels” on
page 23).
19
Run the BIOS Setup utility to specify that the diskette drive is installed
in the system.
The 5.25-inch device
Three 5.25-inch half-height bays provide space for tape backup, CD, or other
removable media drives.
Either type of device (IDE or SCSI) can be installed in the 5.25-inch peripheral
bays. The system board only provides a single IDE connector and therefore
only supports two IDE devices. The legacy narrow SCSI and legacy wide SCSI
connectors on the system board support up to seven devices each. The last
device on the SCSI bus must be terminated.
To replace a 5.25-inch device:
1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions in “Preventing static electricity
discharge” on page 15.
2
Open the computer door.
3
Remove the access panels (see “Opening the case” on page 17).
4 Open the drive bay (see “Opening the chassis bays” on page 20).
5
Disconnect the power and data cables from the drive.
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