NEC Versa M540 Removing the Optical Disk Drive

3. Unscrew the four screws on both sides of the hard disk drive as shown in Fig. 4

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Fig. 4 Unscrewing the hard disk drive shield screws

Removing the Optical Disk Drive

To remove the ODD, first remove the battery (see Removing the Battery), then the HDD Cover (see Removing the Hard Disk Drive), then perform the following steps:

1. Use pin to eject ODD tray as shown in Fig. 5

Fig. 5 Ejecting ODD tray

2. Release screw as shown in Fig. 6 and then hold on ODD tray to pull out ODD module.

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Fig. 6 Removing the optical drive

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