Locating Internal Drives - Lenovo ThinkStation P300 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Locating internal drives

Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your
computer to increase storage capacity and enable your computer to read other types of media. Internal
drives are installed in bays.
When installing or replacing an internal drive, it is important to note the type and size of the drive that you
can install or replace in each bay and correctly connect the cables to the drive installed. Refer to the
appropriate section in Chapter 8 "Replacing FRUs" on page 83 for instructions on how to install or replace
internal drives for your computer.
The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
Figure 10. Drive-bay locations
1 Optical-drive bay
The optical drive bays support the following three devices. Depending on your computer model, one of
them might be installed:
• Optical drive
• 5.25-inch cage assembly (slim optical drive plus storage drive) (hereafter called 5.25-inch cage assembly)
• 5.25-inch flex module equipped with some or all of the following components:
– Slim optical drive
– Card reader
– eSATA connector
– IEEE 1394 connector
2 Card-reader bay
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