6
Removing the Drive Bracket
To remove the drive bracket containing the DVD/CD-ROM drive and the floppy disk drive,
first remove the rear bezel (see section Removing the Rear Bezel), remove the left side
cover (see section Removing the Left Side Cover), remove the front bezel (see section
Removing the Front Bezel); then follow the steps below:
1. Disconnect all power and data cables from the drives installed.
Fig. 5: Disconnecting power and data cables
2. Remove the screw that holds the drive bracket to the hard disk drive bracket
underneath.
Fig. 6: Removing the drive bracket screw
3. Unlock the drive bracket by pressing the upper and lower latch and slide the
bracket out of the chassis.
Packard Bell Stella (iXtreme) Disassembly Manual