Installing The Optical Drive; Diskette Drive - Dell PowerVault 500 Owner's Manual

1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet.
2. Remove the bezel. See Removing the Front
3. Open the system. See Opening the System
4. Disconnect the optical drive cable from the back of the drive.
5. To remove the optical drive, press down and forward on the blue tray release tab and slide the drive tray out of the system. See Figure 3-20.
Figure 3-20. Removing and Installing the Optical Drive Tray
1 optical-drive cable
3 optical -drive tray

Installing the Optical Drive

1. Align the optical drive tray with its opening in the front panel.
The optical drive opening is above the hard-drive slots on the far right, or the flex bay, depending on your system's drive configuration (the hard-drives
slots are identified by labels on the front panel of the system).
2. Slide in the drive tray until the tray snaps into place. See Figure 3-20.
3. Connect the optical drive cable to the connector on the back of the drive.
4. Close the system. See Closing the
5. Replace the bezel. See Replacing the Front
6. Reconnect your system and peripherals to their electrical outlets, and turn on the system.
Diskette Drive
Removing the Diskette Drive From the System
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See
your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2. Remove the front bezel, if attached. See
3. Open the system. See Opening the
4. If your system configuration includes a tape backup device installed in the optional media bay, remove the tape backup device's strain relief bracket. See
Bezel.
2 optical-drive release tab
4 optical drive
System.
Bezel.
Removing the Front Bezel.
System.