Dell GX200 manual Drives, Inch Diskette Drive, Inch Drive, Remove the diskette drive and bracket

Drives

NOTE: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as you face the front of the computer.

Figure 9. Drive Locations

15.25-inch drive

23.5-inch diskette drive

3Hard-disk drive

4Chassis intrusion switch

NOTE: Computer configurations differ. Your computer may have an Iomega Zip drive installed instead of a 3.5-inch diskette drive, or your computer may have no externally accessible drives installed.

3.5-Inch Diskette Drive

To remove the 3.5-inch diskette drive assembly from the drive shelf, perform the following steps:

1.Disconnect the DC power cable and the interface cable from the back of the drive.

2.Press both release latches on the left side of the 3.5-inch diskette drive.

3.Pivot the 3.5-inch diskette drive upward 1 inch (2.5 cm), and then pull the drive away from the notched tabs on the right chassis wall.

4.Remove the bracket from the diskette drive you just removed.

5.25-inch Drive

To remove the 5.25-inch drive/bracket assembly (the 5.25 drive is usually a CD-ROM drive), perform the following steps:

1.Remove the diskette drive and bracket.

2.Disconnect the DC power cable and EIDE cable from the drive.

3.Lift the 5.25-inch drive/bracket straight up and out of the chassis.

Hard-Disk Drive Removal

Figure 10. Hard-Disk Drive/Bracket Assembly Removal

1Captive screw

2Hinge tabs on back of drive bracket (2)

3Slots in floor divider (3)

To remove the hard-disk drive/bracket assembly, perform the following steps: 1. Disconnect the DC power cable and EIDE cable from the drive.