Removing A 3.5-Inch Hard Drive Blank; Installing A 3.5-Inch Hard Drive Blank - Dell DSS 2500 Owner's Manual

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Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier

Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple
repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have hard drive blanks installed.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
Step
Press the release button and slide the blank out of the hard drive slot.
Figure 22. Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
1 hard drive blank
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Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank

Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
Prerequisite
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
Step
Insert the hard drive blank into the hard drive slot until the release button clicks into place.
2 release button
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