HP Pavilion a6000 Upgrading and Servicing Guide - Page 13

Adding or Replacing an Optical Drive, Remove the knockout plate on the front cover. To do so - hard drive removal

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3 Disconnect the power, data, and the sound cable, if available, from the back of the optical drive you want to remove. For most drive cables, use a gentle rocking motion to free the plug. For Serial ATA hard disk drive cables, press the latch (select models only) in the center of each plug, and pull the plug from the drive connector. 4 Pull the drive out through the front of the chassis. Adding or Replacing an Optical Drive 1 If necessary, remove the existing drive. See "Removing an Optical Drive" on page 8. 2 If you are adding a drive to an empty lower optical drive bay, you must remove the knockout plate from the bay. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into the knockout plate slot (A) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out of the chassis. Discard the knockout plate. 3 Remove the knockout plate on the front cover. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into the knockout plate slot (B) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out of the front cover. Discard the knockout plate. A B Upgrading and Servicing Guide 9

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Upgrading and Servicing Guide
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3
Disconnect the power, data, and the sound cable, if available, from the back of the
optical drive you want to remove. For most drive cables, use a gentle rocking motion
to free the plug. For Serial ATA hard disk drive cables, press the latch (select models
only) in the center of each plug, and pull the plug from the drive connector.
4
Pull the drive out through the front of the chassis.
Adding or Replacing an Optical Drive
1
If necessary, remove the existing drive. See “Removing an Optical Drive” on page 8.
2
If you are adding a drive to an empty lower optical drive bay, you must remove the
knockout plate from the bay. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into the knockout plate
slot (
A
) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out of the chassis.
Discard the knockout plate.
3
Remove the knockout plate on the front cover. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into
the knockout plate slot (
B
) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out
of the front cover. Discard the knockout plate.
A
B