Table of Contents

Safety Information.........................................................................

1

Opening and Closing the PC...........................................................

1

Preparing the PC ......................................................................................

1

Before Opening the PC .............................................................................

2

After Closing the PC..................................................................................

2

Removing the Side Panel ...........................................................................

2

Replacing the Side Panel ...........................................................................

3

Removing the Front Panel...........................................................................

3

Replacing the Front Panel ..........................................................................

3

Locating Components Inside the PC ............................................................

4

Removing and Replacing Drives.....................................................

4

Removing an Optical Drive ........................................................................

4

Replacing or Adding an Optical Drive ........................................................

5

Removing a Memory Card Reader .............................................................

5

Installing a Memory Card Reader...............................................................

6

Removing a Hard Disk Drive ......................................................................

6

Replacing a Hard Disk Drive......................................................................

8

Adding an Additional Hard Disk Drive ........................................................

9

Adding Memory ..........................................................................

11

Removing a Memory Module ...................................................................

11

Installing a Memory Module ....................................................................

12

Removing or Installing an Add-in Card ........................................

12

Removing an Add-in Card .......................................................................

13

Installing an Add-in Card.........................................................................

13

Replacing the Battery ..................................................................

14

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