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Replacing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before working inside your computer. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your
computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
Procedure
1 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
2 Place the hard drive in the hard-drive bracket.
3 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on
the hard drive.
4 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
5 Align the connector on the hard drive with the pins on the system board
and place the hard drive in the computer base.
6 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer
base.
7 Route the speaker cable through the routing guides on the hard-drive
assembly.
8 Connect the speaker cable to the system board.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the computer base.
2 Replace the wireless card.
3 Replace the base cover.
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