Installing a hard disk

Follow the instructions in this section to install an optional hard disk. You need a small

 

Phillips screwdriver to attach the hard disk to the mounting plate.

Warning: Hard disks are easily

If an option card has been installed, you may need to remove it before installing the hard

damaged by static electricity. Touch

disk.

something metal on the printer before

1

Remove the system board access cover (see page 20).

you touch a disk.

 

2

Remove the mounting plate, hard disk, ribbon cable, and attachment screws

 

 

from the package.

 

3

Align the ribbon cable connector with the connector pins on the hard disk.

 

4

Attach the ribbon cable to the hard disk.

 

5

Align the screw holes on the mounting plate with the holes in the hard disk.

 

6

Secure the mounting plate to the hard disk with the screws.

 

Hard disk

Mounting plate

Ribbon cable

7Press the ribbon cable connector into the connector on the system board.

8Flip the hard disk over, and then press the three posts on the mounting plate into the holes on the system board. The hard disk snaps into place.

What do I do now?

Task

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Installing an option card

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Replacing the system board access cover

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Install memory, firmware, or option cards

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IBM Partner Pavilion 1464, 1454 setup guide Installing a hard disk, You touch a disk