Lenovo M50e Series, A50 manual Drive specifications, vA CD drive or DVD drive in bay

Drive specifications

Your computer comes with the following IBM-installed drives:

vA CD drive or DVD drive in bay 1

vA 3.5-inch diskette disk drive in bay 3

vA 3.5-inch hard drive in bay 4

Any bay that does not have a drive installed has a static shield and bay panel installed.

The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.

The following table describes some of the drives you can install in each bay and their height requirements.

1Bay 1 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)	CD drive or DVD drive (preinstalled in
	some models)
	5.25-inch hard disk drive
2Bay 2 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)	5.25-inch hard disk drive
	3.5-inch hard disk drive (requires a
	mounting bracket)
	CD drive
	DVD drive
3Bay 3 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)	3.5-inch diskette drive (preinstalled)
4Bay 4 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)	3.5-inch hard disk drive (preinstalled)

Notes:

1.Drives that are greater than 43.0 mm (1.7 in.) high cannot be installed.

2.Install removable media (tape or CD) drives in the accessible bays (bay 1 or 2).

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