Advantech PPC-S123 manual Overview of Hardware Installation and Upgrading

3.1Overview of Hardware Installation and Upgrading

The panel PC consists of a PC-based computer that is housed in a plastic front and rear panel. Any maintenance or hardware upgrades can be easily completed after removing both panels. Meanwhile your HDD, SDRAM, CPU are all readily accessible by removing the CPU heatsink and HDD carrier.

If you are a systems integrator and need to know how to completely disassemble the panel PC, you can find more useful information in Appendix B.

Warning! Do not remove the plastic covers until you have verified that no power is flowing within the panel PC.

Power must be switched off and the power cord must

be unplugged. Every time you service the panel PC, you should be aware of this.

3.2 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

You can attach one enhanced Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) hard disk drive to the panel PC's internal controller which uses a PCI local-bus interface. The advanced IDE controller supports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard drive to exceed 528 MB. The following instructions are for the installation:

1.Detach the HDD carrier by unscrewing one screw on the right side of the HDD carrier.

2.First connect the adapter connector to the 2.5" hard drive, then place the HDD inside the HDD carrier and tighten four screws from both sides of the HDD carrier as shown in Figure 3-1.

3.The HDD cable (FPC type) is next to the HDD carrier.

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