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DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK

Installing / Replacing Storage Drive

One of the two drive bay covers is labeled “HDD1” for the primary drive while the second one is 

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Summary of Contents for OCZDIY17B1 Series

Page 1: ...SETUP GUIDE DIY GAM I N G N O T E B O O K Model OCZDIY17B1 Series ...

Page 2: ... ƚŽ ĚƵƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ dŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ďĞůŽǁ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ăůů ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĂďůĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƉĂŶĞůƐ Ăůů ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĐƌĞǁƐ ŶĞĞĚ ŶŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉĂŶĞůƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƚĞŬ ƚǁŽ ĚƌŝǀĞ ďĂLJƐ ϭĂ ďͿ ƐƵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ĂŶLJ Ϯ ϱ d ĚƌŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ƐůŽƚƐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŽƌ ƐůŽƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĚĞƌŶĞĂƚŚ ƉĂŶĞů ϮͿ ůƐŽ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ď...

Page 3: ...rage Drive One of the two drive bay covers is labeled HDD1 for the primary drive while the second one is ůĂďĞůĞĚ Ϯ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJ ĚƌŝǀĞ ŽŵƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ϭ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝĨ ŽŶůLJ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ Žƌ ŝƐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ZĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞǁ ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ...

Page 4: ...03 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK ĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ůŝŌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ...

Page 5: ...04 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK dŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ďĞůŽǁ ƐŚŽǁƐ ďŽƚŚ ĚƌŝǀĞ ďĂLJƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ŝƐ ϭ WƌŝŵĂƌLJͿ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝƐ Ϯ ĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJͿ ...

Page 6: ...d which are used for fastening the SSD to the bracket and one silver screw arrowhead is used for securing the bracket into storage drive compartment Also have your OCZ SSD ready for the best storage performance For your reference the bracket and SSD are shown according to how they ǁŝůů Įƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ...

Page 7: ...LJ ϭ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ăůů ϰ ƐĐƌĞǁ ŚŽůĞƐ ǁŝůů ĂůŝŐŶ Ăƚ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďƌĂĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ WůĞĂƐĞ ǀĞƌŝĨLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ ďLJ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐĞŵďůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ďĞůŽǁ ĂƐƚĞŶ Ăůů ϰ ďůĂĐŬ ƐĐƌĞǁƐ ŽŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƌĂĐŬĞƚ ...

Page 8: ...07 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK Insert the SSD bracket assembly into the bay as shown in the picture Slide the SSD to the right and engage the edge connector in the SATA socket ...

Page 9: ...cket with the silver screw as shown in the picture Carefully replace the cover and fasten with the appropriate screw Repeat the same process when ŝŶƐƚĂůůŝŶŐ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ dŚĞ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĚƌŝǀĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ϵϬ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌͲĐůŽĐŬǁŝƐĞ ...

Page 10: ...09 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK Installing Replacing The Memory ĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ϮͿ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ ƐĐƌĞǁƐ 2 ...

Page 11: ...10 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK This will expose the motherboard with the memory sockets ...

Page 12: ...11 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK EŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŬĞLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KͲ DD ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ƐůŽƚ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶůLJ ŽŶĞ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ǁĂLJ ŽĨ ŝŶƐĞƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ module into the slot ...

Page 13: ...12 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK Insert your OCZ SODIMMs into the vacant slots at approximately 45Ѕ angles as shown below Note that the memory must be fully inserted into the slots ...

Page 14: ...13 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK ĞŶƚůLJ ƉƵƐŚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ K DDƐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞLJ ůŝĞ ŇĂƚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƚĞŶƟŽŶ ĐůŝƉƐ ZĞƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ƐĐƌĞǁƐ ...

Page 15: ...IY GAMING NOTEBOOK Installing Replacing the CPU ĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ϮͿ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ ƐĐƌĞǁƐ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ĞdžƉŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌďŽĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ƐůŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Wh ŚŝƉƐĞƚ ĐŽŽůĞƌ ĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ďĞůŽǁ ...

Page 16: ...15 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK First remove the blower by removing the two black screws arrowheads and unplugging the blower power connector arrow from the motherboard ...

Page 17: ...16 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK Next unscrew the seven screws arrowheads securing the CPU Chipset cooler Remove the screws following the numbering scheme next to the screws ...

Page 18: ...17 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK ĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ůŝŌ ƚŚĞ Wh ŚŝƉƐĞƚ ĐŽŽůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐĞŵďůLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂǀŝƚLJ ...

Page 19: ... DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK If no CPU is present you see the CPU socket exposed as shown below Note that a locking screw ĂƌƌŽǁͿ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ůŽĐŬ Žƌ ƵŶůŽĐŬ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŬĞƚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ Žƌ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Wh ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůLJ ...

Page 20: ...IY GAMING NOTEBOOK Please ensure that the notch on the screw faces the unlocked symbol on the CPU socket before ŝŶƐĞƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ Wh ĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŝŶƐĞƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŽƌ ...

Page 21: ...20 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK DWKZd Ed WůĞĂƐĞ ǀĞƌŝĨLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Wh ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ƚƌŝĂŶŐůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Wh ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĞĚ ĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ďĞůŽǁ ...

Page 22: ...21 DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK ŌĞƌ ŝŶƐĞƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ Wh ŝŶ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƐĐƌĞǁ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƚĐŚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ƐLJŵďŽů ĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ...

Page 23: ...tem and CPU this TIM pad works very well however it cannot be re used without leaving gaps on the CPU heat sink interface If the cooler needs to be reseated or a new CPU is installed as replacement of the previous one please clean both CPU and the cooler from any residual TIM pad and apply new thermal compound like OCZ FreeZe to the CPU ...

Page 24: ...sten the screws following the numbering scheme next to the screws 2 Install the blower and make sure the blower power socket is connected as shown in the picture DĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƌ ĐŽĚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚŽƌ ŝƐ ZĞĚ zĞůůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ůĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƌŝŐŚƚ 3 Carefully replace the cover and fasten all necessary screws ...

Page 25: ...ĨƵůůLJ ĐŽŶĮŐƵƌĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ǀĞƌLJ ŽǁŶ ŵŽďŝůĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƩĂĐŚ LJŽƵƌ ďĂƩĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƉůƵŐ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨƵůůLJ ĐŽŶĮŐƵƌĞĚ ŶŽƚĞŬ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ WůĞĂƐĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ĨƵůůLJ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ LJŽƵƌ ŶŽƚĞŬ ďĂƩĞƌLJ ĂƉƉƌŽdž ϱ ŚŽƵƌƐͿ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽ ...

Page 26: ...ORT For warranty support and technical information about your DIY Gaming Notebook visit www ocztechnology com All OCZ PRODUCTS include free technical support for direct expert advice Contact OCZ Technical support at 800 459 1816 or email us at support ocztechnology com OCZ Technology Inc 6373 San Ignacio Ave San Jose CA 95119 USA 408 733 8400 Phone 408 733 5200 Fax 408 733 8400 Sales ...

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