Contents 7
5 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . . 97
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Turning Off Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Before Working Inside Your Computer. . . . . . . 98
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 104
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 108
Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
PCI and PCI Express Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Replacing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Recommended Drive Cable Connections . . . . . 121
Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables . . . 122
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Installing a Second Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 125
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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