Lenovo 3699, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Figure 20. Removing the primary hard disk drive
6. Remove the hard disk drive cage from the chassis by sliding it outward.
7. Pull on the blue handle 3 to release and remove the hard disk drive from the drive cage.
8. Flex the sides of the blue bracket to remove the hard disk drive from the bracket.
9. To install a new hard disk drive into the blue bracket, flex the bracket and align pin 1 , pin 2 , pin 3 ,
and pin
4
on the bracket with the corresponding holes in the hard disk drive. Do not touch the circuit
board 5 on the bottom of the hard disk drive.
Figure 21. Installing the hard disk drive into the bracket
10. Slide the new hard disk drive into the drive cage until it snaps into position.
11. Align the drive cage pivot pin with the slot
1
in the upper drive cage and slide the hard disk drive
cage into the chassis.
12. Connect the signal cable and the power cable to the new hard disk drive.
13. Press down on the metal latch 2 and pivot the drive cage into place, and then slide it to the front of the
computer until it snaps into position.
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