Replacing An Optical Drive; Installing The Hard Disk Drive Into The Bracket - Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e 6418 Hardware Installation And Replacement Manual

Figure 10. Installing the hard disk drive into the bracket
10. Reconnect the power cable to the optical drive.
11. Go to Chapter 4, "Completing the parts replacement," on page 27.

Replacing an optical drive

This section provides instructions on how to replace an optical drive.
1. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the cover" on page 11.
7. To install the new hard disk drive into the plastic bracket 1 , flex the bracket
and align the pins on the bracket with the holes in the hard disk drive. See
Figure 10. Do not touch the circuit board 2 on the bottom of the hard disk
drive.
8. Connect the signal and power cables to the rear of the new hard disk drive.
9. Slide the new hard disk drive into the drive bay until it snaps into position.
Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading the "Important safety
information" in the Safety and Warranty Guide that was included with your computer. To
obtain a copy of the Safety and Warranty Guide, go to the Support Web site at
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
Chapter 3. Installing options and replacing hardware
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