Lenovo ThinkCentre 7244 Hardware Maintenance Manual page 98

1. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 73.
2. Locate the primary hard disk drive.
3. Disconnect the signal and power cables from the hard disk drive.
4. Press the blue release tab
Figure 19. Removing the primary hard disk drive
5. Remove the hard disk drive cage from the chassis by simply sliding it outward.
6. Pull on the blue handle
7. Remove the hard disk drive from the blue plastic bracket by flexing the sides of the bracket enough
to slide it free of the hard disk drive.
8. To install the new hard disk drive into the blue bracket, flex the bracket and align pin
3 , and pin 4 on the bracket with the holes in the hard disk drive. Do not touch the circuit board
on the bottom of the hard disk drive.
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1 down, slide the hard disk drive cage
3 to release and remove the hard disk drive from the drive cage.
2 back, and pivot it outward.
1 , pin 2 , pin
5