Flexible Bay Devices; Removing And Installing Modular Devices - Fujitsu LifeBook E-6541 User Manual

Flexible Bay Devices

Your Lifebook contains a Flexible Bay. The Flexible Bay
can accommodate a modular DVD drive, CD-RW drive,
floppy disk drive, SuperDisk drive, Lithium ion battery,
or weight saver. (Figure 2-20)
You Flexible Bay will have one of the following devices
installed. All devices listed here are also optional which
can be purchased separately. (Figure 2-21)
Modular DVD drive: This allows you to access movies,
software and audio DVD/CDs.
Modular CD-RW drive: This allows you to access
both software and audio CDs as well as the ability
to write to CDs.
Modular 3.5" floppy disk drive: This is a 3.5" drive
with the ability to read and write information on
removable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.
Modular SuperDisk drive: This is an optional
120MB floppy disk drive made by Imation, for use
with your LifeBook.
Modular Lithium ion battery: This is a rechargeable
battery that can be used to power your LifeBook
when an adapter is not connected.
Weight Saver: This is used to fill the bay when no
device is needed.
REMOVING AND INSTALLING
MODULAR DEVICES
There are two ways to remove and install modular
devices in the Flexible Bay:
Cold-swapping: swapping devices while your
LifeBook is powered off. (Reference the following
section.)
Hot-swapping: swapping devices while your
system is active using BayManager
(Reference the sections of this chapter entitled "Hot-
swapping with BayManager..." and "Hot-swapping
under Windows 2000 Professional".)
Figure 2-20 Flexible Bay
Cold-swapping
To cold-swap modular devices in your Flexible Bay
follow these easy steps: (Figure 2-22)
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software.
G e t t i n g t o K n o w Y o u r L i f e B o o k
Flexible Bay
DVD Drive
CD-RW Drive
Floppy Disk Drive
Lithium ion Battery
SuperDisk Drive
Weight Saver
Figure 2-21 Flexible Bay Devices
W A R N I N G
You should never leave your Flexible Bay empty when
the LifeBook is in operation.
1. Close any open files.
2. Shutdown your LifeBook.
3. Pull out the Flexible Bay release latch and then
press the latch in to release the modular device.
This will push your device out slightly allowing
you to remove the device.
4. Slide your device out until it is clear of the bay.
This will require light force.
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