3. Grasp the front of the drive and pull it out of the bay.

Note

If you removed an IDE hard disk drive from the external bay and it is your only hard disk drive, you must also remove the hard disk drive cable from its connector on the main system board. First remove the cable from the clasps on the side of the subassembly. Then disconnect the cable from the main system board and remove it from the computer. (See the illustration on page 4-21 to locate the main system board connector.)

4.If you removed a hard disk drive, go to step 5.

If the drive you removed was accessible from the front of the computer, you need to reinstall the front panel slot cover. Turn the front panel so you are looking at the inside. Then press the slot cover into the slot until it clicks into place between the tabs on both sides of the opening.

slot cover

tabs

5.Replace the computer’s front panel and cover as described in Chapter 2; then see ‘Post-installation Procedures” on page 4-27 to update your configuration.

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