Installing A 3.5-Inch Hard Drive - HP ProDesk 480 G2 Maintenance And Service Manual

Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive

1. Prepare the computer for disassembly
2. Remove the access panel
3. Remove the front bezel
a bay covered by a bezel blank, remove the bezel blank.
4. Slide the drive into the drive bay (1) and install the four 6-32 mounting screws (2) to secure the drive in
place.
NOTE:
Refer to
replacing a hard drive, use the four 6-32 mounting screws that were removed from the old drive to
install the new one.
5. Connect the power cable and data cable to the back of the hard drive.
6. If installing a new drive, connect the opposite end of the data cable to the appropriate system board
connector.
NOTE:
the dark blue connector labeled SATA0 to avoid any hard drive performance problems. If you are adding
a second hard drive, connect the data cable to the light blue SATA connector labeled SATA1.
HP ProDesk 490 G2 models: You must connect the primary hard drive data cable to the dark blue
connector labeled SATA0 to avoid any hard drive performance problems. If you are adding a second
hard drive, connect the data cable to one of the light blue SATA connectors.
7. Replace the computer access panel.
8. Reconnect the power cord and any external devices, then turn on the computer.
9. Lock any security devices that were disengaged when the access panel was removed.
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(Access panel on page
(Front bezel on page
HP has supplied four extra 6-32 mounting screws on the front of the chassis behind the bezel.
Drives on page 36 for an illustration of the location of the extra mounting screws. When
HP ProDesk 400 G2 and 480 G2 models: You must connect the primary hard drive data cable to
(Preparation for disassembly on page
26).
27). Remove the front bezel. If you are installing a drive in
25).