Lenovo ThinkStation P500, Hardware Maintenance Manual, Page: 139 / 232

7. Connect the signal cable and the power cable to the new storage drive, and then close the handles
on both sides of the bracket.
To install or replace a 3.5-inch storage drive in a type 2 bracket, do the following:
1. Remove all media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the computer. Then, disconnect
all power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to the computer.
2. Remove the computer cover. See “Removing the computer cover” on page 111.
3. Locate the storage drive bay. See “Locating internal drives” on page 38.
4. Press the pit on the bracket cover, and then grasp the tilted cover to pull the bracket out of the storage
drive bay.
Figure 48. Removing the type
2
storage drive bracket
5. If you are replacing a storage drive, flex the sides of the bracket to remove the storage drive from
the bracket.
Figure 49. Removing the storage drive from the type
2
bracket
Chapter 11
.
Installing or replacing hardware
133