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Internal drive bays
Your IntelliStation xxxx E Pro comes with an IDE CD-ROM drive installed in bay
1, a 3.5-in., 1.44 MB diskette drive in bay 3, and a hard disk drive in bay 5 in some
models.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Notes:
1. Diskette drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives are removable media drives.
2. You can install a 3.5-in, slim-high, or a 5.25-in., half-high, removable-media
3. You can only install a 3.5-in., slim-high, removable-media drive in bay 4.
4. The IntelliStation xxxx E Pro computer supports only one diskette drive, which
5. Before you install a 3.5-in. drive in a 5.25-in. bay, you must attach the 5.25 in.
6. If you have a tape drive model, use a dry process cleaning cartridge to clean
7. The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the computer
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You can install removable-media drives in bays 1, 2, 3, and 4.
drive, such as a tape backup drive, in bay 2.
uses 1 MB and 2 MB diskettes.
conversion kit, supplied with your option, to the 3.5-in drive. Refer to the
documentation that comes with the option for the conversion kit installation
instructions.
the tape head two hours after you first use a new data cartridge. Then, clean
the tape head once a month, or after each eight hours of continuous read/write
operations, whichever occurs first. For complete details about the tape backup
drive, refer to the documentation that comes with your computer or your
backup option.
are both protected by having bays 1 through 4 covered or occupied. When you
install a drive, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay, in case you
later remove the drive and do not replace it with another.
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 7
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