Installing A Hard Disk Drive - NEC EXPRESS5800/120Lf User Manual

Always install a disk carrier tray in an empty disk drive bay to maintain
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proper cooling.
Note:
parts. This system can withstand normal levels of
environmental ESD while you are installing SCSI hard
drives. However, we recommend that you do all procedures
in this chapter only at an ESD workstation or provide some
ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached
to chassis groundany unpainted metal surfaceon your
system when handling parts.

Installing a Hard Disk Drive

1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed under General Information
and Static Precautions at the beginning of this chapter.
2. Prepare your system for upgrade. See Preparing Your System for Upgrade
described earlier in this chapter.
3. Remove the left-hand side access panel as described earlier in this chapter.
Observe static precautions. Use an antistatic wrist strap.
4. Remove the fan cover. See Removing the Fan Cover described earlier in this
chapter.
5. Remove the disk carrier tray from the bay where you are installing the hard
disk drive. The disk carrier tray is released by removing the two screws
holding it in place (see Figure 4-35).
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ESD can damage disk drives, boards, and other
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Figure 4-35. Releasing the Disk Carrier Tray