Internal Drive Bays; Preinstallation Steps (All Bays) - IBM IntelliStation M Pro User Manual

Internal drive bays

Your IntelliStation M Pro computer comes with an IDE CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive in bay 1, a 3.5-in., 1.44 MB diskette drive in bay 3, and a hard disk drive
installed in bay 5.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Notes:
1. Diskette drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives are examples
of removable media drives. You can install removable-media drives in bays 1, 2,
3, and 4 only.
2. You can install a 3.5-in, slim-high, or a 5.25-in, half-high, removable-media
drive, such as a tape backup drive, in bay 2.
3. You can only install a 3.5-in, slim-high, removable-media drive in bay 4.
4. The IntelliStation M Pro computer supports only one diskette drive, which uses
1.44 MB diskettes.
5. To install a 3.5-in drive in a 5.25-in bay, you must us a 5.25 in. conversion kit,
supplied with your option.
6. The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the computer
are protected by having all bays and PCI slots covered or occupied. When you
install a drive or PCI adapter, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the
bay or the PCI adapter slot cover in the event you later remove the option.
7. For a complete list of supported options for your computer, refer to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support on the World Wide Web.

Preinstallation steps (all bays)

Before you install drives in your computer, verify that you have all the cables and
other equipment specified in the documentation that comes with the drive. You
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 7
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