IBM 8188 Laptop User Manual


 
Drive
specifications
Your
computer
comes
with
the
following
IBM-installed
drives:
v
A
CD
drive
or
DVD
drive
in
bay
1
v
A
3.5-inch
diskette
disk
drive
in
bay
3
v
A
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.
1Bay
1
-
Maximum
height:
43.0
mm
(1.7
in.)
CD
drive
or
DVD
drive
(preinstalled
in
some
models)
5.25-inch
hard
disk
drive
2Bay
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
3Bay
3
-
Maximum
height:
25.8
mm
(1.0
in.)
3.5-inch
diskette
drive
(preinstalled)
4Bay
4
-
Maximum
height:
25.8
mm
(1.0
in.)
3.5-inch
hard
disk
drive
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).
Installing
a
drive
To
install
an
internal
drive,
follow
these
steps:
1.
Remove
the
cover.
See
“Removing
the
cover”
on
page
56.
2.
If
your
computer
has
a
CD
drive
or
DVD
drive,
you
might
need
to
remove
the
signal
and
power
cables
from
the
drive.
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User
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