Installing A Cd Drive; Installing A Diskette Drive - Dell PowerEdge 1650 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

12. Replace the front bezel, it it was removed in step 2.

Installing a CD Drive

The optional CD drive is contained in a carrier that slides into the peripheral bay.
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions in your System Information document.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2. Remove the front bezel, if attached (see
3. Open the system doors (see
4. If a filler plate is installed in the drive bay, remove it now.
5. If the drive carrier and the drive were supplied separately, install the drive in the carrier:
a. Match the edge of the carrier with the retention tab (see Figure 7-3) with the back edge of the drive.
b. Fit the right edge of the drive into the carrier, and then lower the left edge of the drive into the carrier until the drive snaps into place.
6. Slide the drive into the peripheral bay (see Figure 7-3) until it is fully inserted.
Be careful not to damage the CD drive data cable when inserting the drive.
Figure 7-3. Installing a CD Drive
7. Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 2.
8. Connect the CD drive data cable to the connector labeled "CD-ROM" on the SCSI backplane (or on the system board, if your system has IDE hard drives
installed).
9. Close the system doors.
10. Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 2 (see
11. Reconnect the system and peripherals to their electrical outlets.

Installing a Diskette Drive

The optional diskette drive is contained in a carrier that slides into the peripheral bay. Perform the following steps to install a diskette drive.
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions in your System Information document.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2. Remove the front bezel, if attached (see
3. Open the system doors (see
4. If a filler plate is installed in the drive bay, remove it now.
5. If the carrier and the drive were supplied separately, install the drive in the carrier:
a. Match the edge of the carrier with the retention tab (see Figure 7-4) with the back edge of the drive.
b. Fit the left edge of the drive into the carrier, then lower the right edge of the drive into the carrier until the drive snaps into place.
6. Slide the drive into the peripheral bay (see Figure 7-4) until it is fully.
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