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

Drive specifications

Your computer comes with the following IBM-installed drives:
v A CD drive or DVD drive in bay 1
v A 3.5-inch diskette disk drive in bay 3
v A 3.5-inch hard drive in bay 4
Any bay that does not have a drive installed has a static shield and bay panel
installed.
The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
The following table 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 56.
2. If your computer has a CD drive or DVD drive, you might need to remove the
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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.)
signal and power cables from the drive.
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 diskette drive (preinstalled)
3.5-inch hard disk drive