Clevo D480V manual Removing the Hard Disk Drive Assembly, Hard Disk Upgrade Process

Disassembly

Removing the Hard Disk Drive Assembly

The hard disk drive is mounted in a removable case and can be taken out to accommodate other 2.5" IDE hard disk drives with a height of 9.5mm (h). Follow your operating system’s installation instructions, and install all necessary drivers and utilities (as outlined in Chapter 4 of the User’s Manual) when setting up a new hard disk.

Hard Disk Upgrade Process

1.Turn off the computer and remove the battery (page 2 - 8).

2.Remove screws 1 - 4 (Figure 2a) from the hard disk cover 5 , and remove the cover.

3.Carefully disconnect the cable at point 6 .

4.Lift the HDD assembly 7 out of the computer (remove the hard disk from case and disconnect the cable).

5.Reverse the process to install a new hard disk.

	b.				Figure 2
				HDD Assembly
a.				Assembly Removal
			HDD System Warning
	5			a. Remove the 4 screws.
		6	New HDD’s are blank. Before
				b. Disconnect the HDD ca-
			you begin make sure:	ble.
			You have backed up any data	c. Lift	the HDD assembly
				out of the bay.
1	2		you want to keep from your old
			HDD.
	c.		You have all the CD-ROMs
			and FDDs required to install
4	3		your operating system and
			programs.		
			If you have access to the inter-
			net, download the latest appli-
		7	cation and hardware driver	5.	Hard Disk Cover
			updates for the operating sys-	7.	Hard Disk
			tem you plan to install. Copy
			these to a removable medium.	•	4 Screws

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