Disassembly and Reassembly 3-19
Removing or Replacing a Bay Cover
If the system has an empty 5 1/4-inch device bay, it is covered with a special bay cover. This
cover physically protects the inside of the chassis, and its metal shielding also offers EMF
protection.
See the following sections for information on removing or replacing a bay cover.
Removing a Bay Cover
Remove a bay cover as follows.
1. Remove the system cover and front panel, if not already removed (see “System Covers”).
2. Press the tabs on either side of the cover toward each other until they are released from their
slots. The tabs are at the end of the rails inside the chassis.
3. Still holding the tabs, slowly slide the cover out along the rails. As soon as the cover is free
of the chassis, the cover and the rails disassemble.

Removing a 5 1/4-Inch Device Bay Cover

4. Use these rails on the new 5 1/4-inch device if its rails are the wrong type (see “Removing
or Installing Device Rails”).
If the device already has the right type of rails, set aside the rails you just removed for
future use.
Note Always keep unused rails; the bay cover cannot be replaced if there are no rails within
the bay.