Optical drive
Removing the optical drive
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the
side
cover.
3. Remove the
front
bezel.
4. Remove the
3.5-inch hard
5. Remove the
disk-drive
About this task
NOTE:
The optical drive is located within the disk-drive cage. Follow the below-mentioned procedure on the disk-drive
cage to remove or install the optical drive.
The following images indicate the location of the optical-drive assembly and provide a visual representation of the removal
procedure.
Figure 13. Removing the optical drive
Steps
1. Push the tab on the optical drive to release the optical drive from the disk-drive cage.
Before working inside your
drive, if applicable.
cage.
computer.
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