BSi PCATX-R9 - Manual (Page 20)

20 PCATX-R9 User’s Guide
Chapter 4
Adding Components
The multi-slot design of your PCATX-R9 portable workstation supports a wide
range of industry standard add-on cards through available expansion slots on
the system board. The number of available slots and slot types depends on
how your system was initially configured.
Your workstation has a total of 5 drive bays for storage devices. Two 5.25”
and two 3.5” drive bays are externally accessible. Your can install removable
media drives in any open drive bay. There is also an internal drive bay for a
3.5”, half-height hard drive.
This section provides you with procedures and illustrations to help you install
add-on cards and drives. Before you start, shut down the system, ground
yourself and disconnect the AC power cord.
Opening The System Chassis
Follow these steps to remove the back cover:
1. Place your workstation on a stable surface.
2. Face the back side of your workstation and remove the back cover by
first removing all the screws as shown in Figure 3.1.
Caution:
Always turn off the power,
disconnect the power cord and
ground yourself before you add or
remove internal components.
Adding Components