Installing An Eide Hard-Disk Drive In The Hard-Disk Drive Bracket - Dell OptiPlex GXa Reference And Installation Manual

With the two EIDE interface connectors on the system
board, your system can support up to four EIDE devices.
EIDE hard-disk drives should be connected to the EIDE
interface connector labeled "IDE1." (EIDE tape drives
and CD-ROM drives should be connected to the EIDE
interface connector labeled "IDE2.")
Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive in the
Hard-Disk Drive Bracket
Install an EIDE hard-disk drive in the hard-disk drive
bracket as follows:
1. If you are replacing a hard-disk drive that con-
tains data you want to keep, be sure to make a
backup of your files before you begin this
procedure.
2. Prepare the drive for installation.
CAUTION: Ground yourself by touching an
unpainted metal surface on the back of the
computer.
CAUTION: When you unpack the drive, do
not set it on a hard surface, which may damage
the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface,
such as a foam pad, that will sufficiently cush-
ion it.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive
to verify that it is configured for your computer
system.
3. Remove the computer cover as instructed in
"Removing the Computer Cover" in Chapter 5.
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electro-
static Discharge" in the safety instructions at
the front of this guide.
4. Remove the drive bracket from the chassis.
If a hard-disk drive is already installed on the drive
bracket, disconnect the DC power cable and EIDE
cable from the drive.
Remove the screw securing the hard-disk drive
bracket to the front wall of the chassis. Grasp the
front part of the bracket that serves as a handle, and
rotate the bracket up toward the back of the com-
puter until it disengages from the floor of the chassis
(see Figure 7-10).
.
Figure 7-10. Removing the Hard-Disk Drive
Bracket
5. Slide the drive into the chosen bay of the bracket,
orienting it so that the connectors on the back of
the drive will face the back of the chassis—and
the power input connector will be closest to the
floor of the chassis—when the bracket is re-
installed (see Figure 7-11).
"handle" on bracket
screw securing
drive to chassis
Installing Drives 7-7