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Option Installation 3-23
5.
Remove the front panel.
6.
Remove the plastic blank panel. If you are installing a hard drive, keep the
panel handy.
7.
Use a screw driver to remove the metal slot cover by carefully pressing it
until it breaks away from the chassis.
!
CAUTION
Be careful of sharp edges!
8.
From the front of the system, slide the device, connector end first, into the
device slot.
Note:
To easily access device connectors for cabling,
do not insert a 5 1/4-inch device all the way into the slot.
9.
Connect the device cables (see “Cabling Storage Devices”).
10.
Align the holes in the device with the holes in the chassis.
11.
Secure the device with the screws that came with the device (see the
following figure).
Installing the Device
Note:
If you removed the accessible device cage,
replace it. Secure the device cage with the screw.
12.
If you installed a hard drive in the 5 1/4-inch slot, replace the plastic panel.
13.
Replace the front panel.