Locating Internal Drives - Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 10B0 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Locating internal drives

Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your
computer to increase storage capacity and enable your computer to read other types of media. Internal
drives are installed in bays.
When installing or replacing an internal drive, it is important to note the type and size of the drive that you can
install or replace in each bay and correctly connect the cables to the drive installed. Refer to the appropriate
section in Chapter 9 "Replacing FRUs (machine types: 10B0, 10B1, 10B2, 10B3, 10HJ, and 10HK)" on page
89 for instructions on how to install or replace internal drives for your computer.
Figure 5 "Drive bay locations" on page 75 shows the locations of the drive bays.
Figure 5. Drive bay locations
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Bay 1 - Optical drive bay (with an optical drive installed in some models)
2
Bay 2 - Slim card reader drive bay (with a slim card reader installed in some models)
3
Bay 3 - Primary SATA hard disk drive bay (with a 3.5-inch hard disk drive or a 2.5-inch solid-state drive installed)
4
Bay 4 - Secondary SATA hard disk drive bay (with a 3.5-inch hard disk drive, a 2.5-inch solid-state drive, or a hybrid
hard disk drive installed in some models)
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