Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 3050 Service Manual

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, follow the instructions in
computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at 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 Slide the hard-drive assembly into the hard-drive bay.
3 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes
on the hard-drive bay.
4 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the hard-drive
bay.
5 Slide the hard-drive cable into the connector on the system board and
push the securing tabs to secure the cable.
6 Turn the system-board assembly over and using the alignment posts,
snap the system-board assembly into place.

Post-requisites

1 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 5 in
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