Removing And Replacing Front-Panel Inserts - Dell OptiPlex GX1 Installation Manual

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Installing Drives: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX1 and GX1p Midsize Managed PC Systems
Overview

Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts

Connecting Drives
Overview
Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see
The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one 3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch diskette drive) and
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two 5.25-inch bays that can hold up to three half-height, 5.25-inch devices—typically tape drives or CD-ROM drives. Alternately, 3.5-inch
devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch bays using adapters available from Dell.
The two vertically positioned hard-disk drive bays can each hold a 3.5-inch enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) or small computer
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system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drive. The bay on the right (as you face the front of the computer) can hold one 1-inch-high (or smaller)
drive, whereas the bay on the left accommodates a 1.6-inch-high (or smaller) drive.
The next two sections contain information that you will need in several of the installation procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining
sections cover each type of drive installation.
NOTE: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as you face the front of the computer.
Figure 1. Drive Locations
Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts
Empty drive bays contain a front-panel insert to protect the inside of the computer from dust particles and to ensure proper airflow within the
computer. Before you install a drive in an empty drive bay, you must first remove the front-panel insert.
To remove the insert covering a 5.25-inch bay, follow these steps.
CAUTION: Before you remove the computer cover, see
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect all the AC power cables from their power sources.
2. Remove the computer cover as instructed in
3. Lay the computer cover upside down on a flat work surface, with the front of the cover facing toward you.
4. With your thumbs, press in each end of the insert until it snaps free of the cover (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. Removing the Front-Panel Insert for a 5.25-Inch Bay
"Safety First — For You and Your
"Removing the Computer Cover."
Installing a Drive in a 5.25-Inch Drive Bay
Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive
Installing SCSI Devices
Figure 1):
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