Connecting a serial ata hard disk drive, Connecting a parallel ata hard disk drive, Removing and replacing memory – IBM THINKCENTRE 8141 User Manual

Page 21: Connecting, Serial, Hard, Disk, Drive, Parallel, Removing

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5.

Note

the

orientation

of

the

hard

disk

drive

in

the

plastic

bracket.

6.

Remove

the

drive

by

flexing

the

plastic

enough

to

slide

the

drive

out.

7.

Install

the

hard

disk

drive

into

the

plastic

bracket

by

flexing

the

plastic

enough

to

slide

the

drive

in.

8.

Install

the

hard

disk

drive

and

bracket

into

the

bay

until

it

snaps

into

position.

9.

Depending

on

the

type

of

drive

you

are

installing,

go

to

“Connecting

a

serial

ATA

hard

disk

drive”

or

“Connecting

a

parallel

ATA

hard

disk

drive.”

Connecting

a

serial

ATA

hard

disk

drive

A

serial

hard

disk

drive

can

be

connected

to

any

available

SATA

connector.

1.

Locate

the

signal

cable

that

comes

with

the

new

drive.

2.

Locate

an

available

SATA

connector

on

the

system

board.

See

Figure

1

on

page

5.

3.

Connect

one

end

of

the

signal

cable

to

the

drive

and

the

other

to

an

available

SATA

connector

on

the

system

board.

4.

Connect

a

power

connector

to

the

drive.

5.

To

complete

the

installation,

go

to

“Completing

the

CRU

replacement”

on

page

16.

Connecting

a

parallel

ATA

hard

disk

drive

1.

Locate

the

PATA

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board

and

the

three-connector

signal

cable.

2.

Connect

one

end

of

the

signal

cable

to

the

drive

and

the

other

to

the

PATA

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board.

See

Figure

1

on

page

5.

3.

Connect

a

power

connector

to

the

drive.

4.

To

complete

the

installation,

go

to

“Completing

the

CRU

replacement”

on

page

16.

Removing

and

replacing

memory

Attention

Do

not

open

your

computer

or

attempt

any

repair

before

reading

the

“Important

safety

information”

in

the

Quick

Reference

that

was

included

with

your

computer.

If

you

no

longer

have

this

copy

of

the

Quick

Reference

,

you

can

obtain

one

online

from

the

IBM

Web

site

at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.

This

section

provides

instructions

on

how

to

remove

and

replace

memory.

1.

Remove

the

cover.

See

“Removing

the

cover”

on

page

1.

Replacing

customer

replaceable

units

(CRUs)

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