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Installing Additional Drives, Removing a Blank Drive Bezel

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Installing Additional Drives When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:  Use the green pull tabs to disconnect the diskette and hard drive cables from the drives.  For optimal performance, connect hard drives to the primary IDE controller. Connect expansion devices, such as IDE CD-ROM, tape, and diskette drives to the secondary controller.  You must install guide screws to ensure the drive will line up correctly in the drive cage. Compaq has provided extra guide screws, installed in the bottom of the computer chassis, next to the power supply. Some options use M3 metric thread hardware. The Compaq-supplied metric screws are black. Removing a Blank Drive Bezel 1. If you have locked the Smart Cover Lock, use Computer Setup to unlock the lock and disable the Smart Cover Sensor. 2. Shut down the operating system properly, turn off the computer and any external devices, then disconnect the power cord from the electrical outlet. 3. Remove the access panel and set it on a protected work surface.  4. Squeeze together the release catches to release the bezel blank,  then remove the bezel blank . 2-10 Hardware Upgrades Removing a Drive Bezel

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Hardware Upgrades
Installing Additional Drives
When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:
Use the green pull tabs to disconnect the diskette and hard drive
cables from the drives.
For optimal performance, connect hard drives to the primary IDE
controller. Connect expansion devices, such as IDE CD-ROM,
tape, and diskette drives to the secondary controller.
You must install guide screws to ensure the drive will line up
correctly in the drive cage. Compaq has provided extra guide
screws, installed in the bottom of the computer chassis, next to the
power supply. Some options use M3 metric thread hardware. The
Compaq-supplied metric screws are black.
Removing a Blank Drive Bezel
1.
If you have locked the Smart Cover Lock, use Computer Setup to
unlock the lock and disable the Smart Cover Sensor.
2.
Shut down the operating system properly, turn off the computer
and any external devices, then disconnect the power cord from the
electrical outlet.
3.
Remove the access panel and set it on a protected work surface.
4.
Squeeze together the release catches
to release the bezel blank,
then remove the bezel blank
.
Removing a Drive Bezel