Installing An Optical Drive Into The 5.25-Inch Drive Bay - HP dx2810 - Microtower PC Service & Reference Manual

Installing an Optical Drive into the 5.25-inch Drive Bay

To install an optional 5.25-inch optical drive:
1. Prepare the computer for disassembly
2. Remove the access panel
3. Remove the front bezel
4. If you are installing a drive in a bay covered by a bezel blank, remove the front bezel then remove
the bezel blank. See
5. If you are adding a drive to an empty lower optical drive bay, you must remove the knockout plate
from the bay. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into the knockout plate slot and rotate the
screwdriver to break the knockout plate out of the chassis. Discard the knockout plate.
6. If the new drive has screws installed on the sides of the drive, remove the screws before inserting
the drive into the chassis.
7. Slide the drive in through the front of the chassis (1) until the screw holes on the drive are aligned
with the screw holes on the drive cage and install the two M3 metric retainer screws (2) as shown
in the following illustration.
NOTE:
M3 metric retainer screws for optical drives are black.
Figure 7-21
8. If the system configuration includes only one optical drive, connect the SATA data cable to the
white system board connector labeled SATA2. If you are adding a second optical drive, connect
the SATA data cable to the orange system board connector labeled SATA4.
56 Chapter 7 Removal and Replacement Procedures Microtower (MT) Chassis
(Access Panel on page
(Front Bezel on page
Bezel Blanks on page 40
Extra drive retainer screws are provided on the interior of the front bezel if needed. The
Installing the Optical Drive
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