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 your standard diskette drive from the upper bay.

Follow these steps to remove a disk 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 1

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

B-44 Installing and Removing Disk Drives