Installing A Drive - IBM 8185 - ThinkCentre M50 - 256 MB RAM User Manual

The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
The following list describes some of the drives you can install in each bay and
their height requirements:
Notes:
1. Drives that are greater than 43.0 mm (1.7 in.) high cannot be installed.
2. Install removable media (tape or CD) drives in the accessible bays (bay 1 or 2).

Installing a drive

To install an internal drive, follow these steps:
1. Remove the cover. See "Removing the cover" on page 82.
2. If your computer has a CD drive or DVD drive, you might need to remove the
3. Remove the bay panel from the drive bay by inserting a flat-blade screwdriver
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1 Bay 1 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)
2 Bay 2 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)
3 Bay 3 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)
4 Bay 4 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)
5 Bay 5 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)
signal and power cables from the drive.
at the end and gently prying it loose.
CD drive or DVD drive (preinstalled in
some models)
5.25-inch hard disk drive
5.25-inch hard disk drive
3.5-inch hard disk drive (requires a
mounting bracket)
CD drive
DVD drive
3.5-inch hard disk drive
3.5-inch diskette drive (preinstalled)
Hard disk drive (preinstalled)