Drive Specifications - IBM A50 User Manual

Drive specifications

Your computer comes with the following IBM-installed drives:
v A CD drive or DVD drive in bay 1
v A 3.5-inch diskette disk drive in bay 3
v A 3.5-inch hard drive in bay 4
Any bay that does not have a drive installed has a static shield and bay panel
installed.
The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
The following table describes some of the drives you can install in each bay and
their height requirements.
Notes:
1. Drives that are greater than 43.0 mm (1.7 in.) high cannot be installed.
2. Install removable media (tape or CD) drives in the accessible bays (bay 1 or 2).
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1 Bay 1 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)
2 Bay 2 - Maximum height: 43.0 mm (1.7 in.)
3 Bay 3 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)
4 Bay 4 - Maximum height: 25.8 mm (1.0 in.)
CD drive or DVD drive (preinstalled in
some models)
5.25-inch hard disk drive
5.25-inch hard disk drive
3.5-inch hard disk drive (requires a
mounting bracket)
CD drive
DVD drive
3.5-inch diskette drive (preinstalled)
3.5-inch hard disk drive (preinstalled)