Replacing The Primary Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre 3026 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Figure 19. Installing a PCI card
8. Go to "Completing the parts replacement" on page 94.

Replacing the primary hard disk drive

Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding the "Important safety
information" in the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide that came with your computer. To obtain a copy
of the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide, go to:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
This section provides instructions on how to replace the primary hard disk drive if your computer has one.
For computer models that do not have an internal hard disk drive and use a remote hard disk drive accessed
through the SMC - Storage Array, contact your network or storage administrator.
To replace the primary hard disk drive, do the following:
1. Turn off the computer and disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets.
2. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 64.
3. Locate the primary hard disk drive. See "Locating components" on page 65.
4. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
5. Press the blue release tab
then pivot it outward.
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Chapter 8 Replacing FRUs (Machine Types: 3029, 3054, 3139, 3219, 3246, 3282, 3349, 3421, 3544, 3652, 3769, 3934,
1 down, slide the hard disk drive cage
4992, 5206, 5267, 5325, 5384, 5450, 5474, 5498, 5554, 5852, 6232, and 6590.)
2 to the rear of the computer, and
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