Figure 3-7. Installing The Hard-Disk Drive - Dell Dimension L Series Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Figure 3-7. Installing the Hard-Disk Drive

5. Install the new drive in the bay.
Orient the new drive with its circuit board facing the front of the chassis. Press
the drive between the two brackets until the drive is secured by the clip. Secure
the drive to the front of the chassis with the two screws you removed in step 4.
NOTICE: Match the colored strip on the interface cable with pin 1 on the
drive's interface connector.
6. Connect a DC power cable and the EIDE cable to the DC power cable and the EIDE cable to the new drive as described ear-
lier in "Connecting Drive Cables."
7 . If necessary, connect the EIDE cable to the PRI IDE connector on the system
board.
8. Replace the bezel.
9. Make sure that no cable connections were loosened during the procedure.
Arrange cables so that they will not interfere with replacing the power supply and
computer cover.
10. Rotate the power supply back into place, and replace the computer cover.
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