4.Raise the front of the subassembly to a slight angle.
Use one of your hands to hold up the subassembly at an angle or have someone hold it up for you. With your other hand, reach under the subassembly and disconnect the hard disk drive cable attached to the front right side of the main system board, as shown below. Grasp the cable by its plastic connector and pull it straight up to remove it from the socket. Do not pull on the cable.
5.The diskette drive cable is connected to the socket just behind the hard disk drive socket. Disconnect this cable in the same manner.
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