Installing A 5.25-Inch Drive - Dell PowerEdge 850 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

5.25-Inch Drives
An optical drive is standard in the first external drive bay. An additional IDE or SCSI tape backup device can be installed in the second external drive bay.
These drives connect either to the system board or to an optional controller card.
NOTE: Installing an additional optical drive in the second external drive bay is not supported.

Installing a 5.25-Inch Drive

CAUTION: See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting
against electrostatic discharge.
1. Unpack the drive (and controller card, if applicable), and prepare the drive for installation.
For instructions, see the documentation that accompanied the drive.
NOTE: If you are installing a SCSI tape drive, you must install an Ultra 3 SCSI controller card. The optional SCSI RAID controller card does not
support a SCSI tape drive.
2. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
3. Remove the bezel. See "Removing the
4. Lay the system on its right side.
5. Remove the cover. See "Removing the
6. Remove the cooling shroud. See
7. Remove the front-panel inserts for the empty external drive bay. See
8. Slide the drive into the external drive bay.
9. Install the screws that secure the drive in the drive bay. See Figure 7-3.
Figure 7-3. Installing or Removing a 5.25-Inch Drive
Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
Cover" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
"Removing the Cooling Shroud" in "Installing System Components."
"Removing the Front- Panel Drive Inserts."