Dell C6145 manual Hard Drives, Removing a Hard-Drive Blank, Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Hard Drives

The installation and removal procedures for the 3.5" hard drive and the 2.5" hard drive are similar. Following is an example showing the replacement procedure of a 3.5" hard drive.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed.

NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot-swappable hard drives only.

1 Using the release handle, pull the hard-drive blank out of the hard- drive bay. See Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

1 hard-drive blank 2 release handle

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

1Slide the hard-drive blank into the drive bay until the hard-drive blank makes contact with the backplane. See Figure 3-2.

80 Installing System Components