Dell OptiPlex GX1 Installation Manual page 15

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2. Unpack the drive and prepare it for installation.

Check the documentation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your computer system. Change any settings

necessary for your configuration.

NOTE: If you are installing a non-EIDE tape drive, check the documentation for the drive to determine the jumper or switch

settings used to designate the drive as drive address DS4 (not DS2 or DS3 as may be indicated in the drive documentation).

Unless the drive is already set to drive 4, reconfigure its jumper or switch setting (see "Jumpers.")

If you are installing an EIDE CD-ROM or EIDE tape drive, configure the drive for the Cable Select setting.

3. Remove the computer cover as instructed in

4. Remove the drive bracket from the chassis.

If a hard-disk drive is already installed on the drive bracket, disconnect the DC power cable and EIDE cable from the drive.

Remove the screw securing the hard-disk drive bracket to the front wall of the chassis.

Grasp the bracket, and rotate it outward from the chassis until the sliding tab clears the slide rail on the drive cage (see Figure 10). Lift the

bracket up slightly to free its hinge tabs from the chassis slots.

Figure 10. Removing the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket

5. Slide the drive into the chosen bay of the bracket, oriented so that the connectors on the back of the drive will face the back of

the chassis when the bracket is reinstalled (see

6. Align the four screw holes of the drive and bracket. Insert and tighten the screws that came with your upgrade kit.

If you are replacing a drive in the 1.6-inch slot, use the four screw holes in the side of the bracket (see Figure 11). If you are replacing a drive

in the 1-inch slot, use the four screw holes in the bottom of the bracket.

Figure 11. Inserting a 1.6-Inch Hard-Disk Drive in the Bracket

7. Reinstall the hard-disk drive bracket in the chassis (see

Insert the bracket's hinge tabs into the chassis slots so that the tabs hook over the slots. Then rotate the bracket toward the drive cage, and fit

"Removing the Computer

Cover."

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