Accessing The Interior Of Your Computer - Dell PowerEdge 4300 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

9-8 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
If you change the orientation of your computer (from an upright configuration to a rack
configuration, for example), you can reorient the drives in the external drive bays so
that the drives are still horizontal by performing the following steps:
1. Remove the computer cover and front bezel.
See "Removing the Computer Cover" and "Removing the Front Bezel" in
Chapter 7 .
2. Remove the front-panel inserts from the front bezel.
See "Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts" found earlier in this chapter.
3. Reposition the plastic frame surrounding the drive opening in the front bezel:
a. Facing the inside of the front bezel, press against the center of the frame
with your thumbs until the frame bows sufficiently to loosen the tabs on the
sides of the insert. Pull the frame out of the bezel.
b. Rotate the frame 90 degrees to match the new orientation of the drives.
c. Replace the frame in the front bezel and carefully press it into place.
4. Reinstall the front-panel inserts to match the new drive orientation.
See "Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts" found earlier in this chapter.
5. Slide the system board tray out to the service position.
See "Accessing the Interior of Your Computer" in Chapter 7 for instructions.
6. Remove the external drives from the drive bays:
a. Disconnect the DC power cable and the interface cable from the back of the
drive. Be sure to record the power connector number and the location of the
interface connector.
b. Press inward (toward the center of drive) on the two drive release tabs, and
slide the drive out of the bay.
c. If any of the drive bays are empty, remove the metal insert(s) covering the
bay(s) and reinsert them in the proper orientation.
7 . Reinstall the external drives to match the new system orientation:
a. Slide each drive into the bay until it snaps securely into place.
b. Reconnect the appropriate DC power cable and interface cable to each drive.
8. Close the system board tray.
9. Replace the front bezel and computer cover.