Removing And Replacing Drives; Removing An Optical Drive; Replacing Or Adding An Optical Drive - HP A524x - Pavilion - 512 MB RAM Manual

removing and
replacing drives
Your PC includes several drives that you can replace
or upgrade. See "locating components inside the pc"
on page 3.
CAUTION: Back up your personal files on
the hard disk drive to an external
storage device, such as a CD, before
removing the hard disk drive. Failure to
do so will result in data loss. After
replacing the hard disk drive, you need
to run System Recovery using the
recovery discs to load the factory-
installed files. See the User's Guide for
details about the recovery procedure.
You can add an optical drive to an empty lower
optical bay.
Before adding a new optical drive,
IMPORTANT:
make sure that it is compatible with the Microsoft
®
Windows XP operating system. Also, make sure you
have the correct software and drivers for the optical
drive to work with the operating system.
You can replace the (primary) hard disk drive or install
a second hard disk drive in the PC.

removing an optical drive

1 Complete the procedures to prepare the PC, and to
remove the side panel. See "opening and closing
the PC" on page 1.
2 Remove the front panel. See "removing the front
panel" on page 2.
3 Gently lay the PC on its side.
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upgrading and servicing guide
4 Lift the plastic tab (C) on the side of the optical
drive you want to remove. Push the drive partway
out through the front of the PC (D).
You do not need to remove the screws
NOTE:
on the side of the optical drive to remove it from
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the PC.
5 Make a note of each cable and plug orientation
attached to the back of the optical drive, that you
want to replace before removing the cables.
6 Disconnect the power cable and data cable from
the back of the optical drive, using a gentle rocking
motion. Disconnect the sound cable, if present.
7 Pull the drive out through the front of the PC (D).
replacing or adding
an optical drive
1 Complete the procedures to prepare the PC, and to
remove the side panel. See "opening and closing
the PC" on page 1.
2 Remove the front panel. See "removing the front
panel" on page 2.
3 If your optical drive bay is empty, remove the
drive cover by pressing the tabs on each side of the
drive cover, and then pulling it toward you and out
of the PC.