2.8 Installing a second optical drive

The Terminator 2 system comes with two 5.25-inch drive bays for two optical drives. If your system came with a pre-installed optical drive, refer to this section when installing a second optical drive.

Set your second optical drive as Slave device before connecting the IDE cable and power plug. Refer to the optical drive documentation on how to set the drive as a Slave device.

To install a second optical drive:

1.Place the chassis upright.

2.Locate the front panel cover hooks.

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3.

Press the hooks inward to

 

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release the front panel cover

 

 

 

 

 

from the chassis.

 

 

4.

Detach the front panel cover top

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hooks.

 

 

 

 

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5.Push the the front panel cover

slightly outwards, then set it aside.

On Deluxe models, disconnect

 

the LED panel and the front

 

audio button panel cables from

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their respective connectors

 

before removing the front panel

 

cover.

 

6.Carefully push the optical drive

into the bay until its screw holes align with the holes on the bay as shown.

7. Secure the optical drive with two

 

 

screws on one side of the bay.

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