SATA hard drive cables ........................................................................................................................................

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SATA data cable .................................................................................................................................

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SMART ATA drives ................................................................................................................................................

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Cable management ..............................................................................................................................................

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4 Removal and replacement procedures – Microtower (MT) chassis ....................................................................

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Preparation for disassembly ...............................................................................................................................

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Access panel ........................................................................................................................................................

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Front bezel ...........................................................................................................................................................

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Optical drive bezel blank .....................................................................................................................................

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Memory ................................................................................................................................................................

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DIMMs ................................................................................................................................................

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DDR3-SDRAM DIMMs .........................................................................................................................

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Populating DIMM sockets ..................................................................................................................

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Installing DIMMs ................................................................................................................................

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Expansion cards ...................................................................................................................................................

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Drives ...................................................................................................................................................................

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Drive positions ...................................................................................................................................

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Removing a slim optical drive ...........................................................................................................

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Installing a slim optical drive ............................................................................................................

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Removing a hard drive ......................................................................................................................

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Installing a hard drive .......................................................................................................................

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Battery .................................................................................................................................................................

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Drive power cable ................................................................................................................................................

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Front I/O and power switch assembly .................................................................................................................

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Heat sink ..............................................................................................................................................................

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Processor .............................................................................................................................................................

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Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................

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Rear chassis fan ...................................................................................................................................................

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Power supply .......................................................................................................................................................

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System board .......................................................................................................................................................

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System board callouts ......................................................................................................................

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5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................

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Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................

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Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ...............................................................................................

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Computer Setup—File ......................................................................................................................

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Computer Setup—Storage ...............................................................................................................

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Computer Setup—Security ...............................................................................................................

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Computer Setup—Power ..................................................................................................................

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Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................

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