Removing a Disk Drive From the Horizontal Position

The figures in this section show a diskette drive in the lower horizontal drive bay, but you can use the same instructions to remove a hard disk drive from the lower bay or to remove a diskette drive from the upper bay.

Follow these steps to remove a drive from a horizontal drive bay:

1.Remove the disk drive ribbon cable from the back of the drive, as shown below.

ribbon cable connector

2.Remove the power supply connector from the back of the drive. It is located near the ribbon cable interface, as shown in the next illustration.

Installing and Removing Disk Drives

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