Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 17 5000 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
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the
hard drive.
2 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
3 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
4 Place the hard-drive assembly in the computer base and align the screw holes
on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the computer base.
5 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer base.
6 Slide the hard-drive cable in the connector and press down the latch to secure
the cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the base
2 Replace the battery.
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