Gateway E-420 Maintaining & Troubleshooting page 60

Installing or replacing hard drives in the middle drive
cage
You can install up to three 3.5-inch hard drives in the middle drive cage.
To install a drive in the middle drive cage
Turn off the system and unplug the power cord.
1.
Remove the left side panel of the case, observing the "Static electricity
2.
precautions" on page 2.
If any drives are installed in the drive cage, disconnect the cables from
3.
the back of the drives.
If your system includes an add-in card guide, remove it:
4.
Remove any long add-in cards attached to the card guide.
A.
Remove the screw that attaches the add-in card guide to the chassis
B.
and then slide the card guide out of the computer.
Add-in card guide
(in some
systems)
System Components 49