Lenovo 4479, 4495, 4497, 4499, 4504, 4513, 4517, 4524, 7021, 7032, 7034, 7049, 7052, 7053, 7073, 7136, 7178 Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.
Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.ToobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive.
Toreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.T urnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage32.
3.L ocatetheprimaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatinginternaldrives”onpage13.
4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.
5.P ressthebluereleasetab1down,slidetheharddiskdrivecage2totherearofthecomputer,and
thenpivotitoutward.
Figure35.Removingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
6.Removetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassisbyslidingitoutward.
7.P ullonthebluehandle3toreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromthedrivecage.
8.Fle xthesidesofthebluebr ackettoremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.
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