Installing fans for high-power drives – Gateway ALR 9200 User Manual

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6.

Grasp the plastic carrier handle and pull it toward you to disengage the
drive connector from the backplane connector.

7.

Carefully slide the bad drive forward out of the bay. Place the drive on
an antistatic surface.

8.

Position the new plastic carrier and drive assembly so that it engages
the bay guide rails.

9.

Push the drive into the bay. To engage the latch, the carrier handle
should be approximately at a 45

°

angle from the vertical front of the

chassis. As you push the drive into the bay, the two rounded notches in
the carrier handle (Figure 22) slide onto the two round pegs inside the
drive bay . When they engage, push the handle straight up to lock the
notches onto the pegs and press the rounded tab on the right of the
carrier to the left until it clears the edge of the bay and snaps into place.

Figure 22: Installing a New Drive

10.

Close the metal door, and secure it to the chassis with the plastic latch.

11.

For security and to prevent unauthorized access to the bays, insert a
padlock through the metal loop protruding through the door.

12.

Close the front system door.

Installing Fans for High-Power Drives

If the SCSI drives you use have a power rating in excess of 15 watts, install
three additional system fans: two in the front fan bay and one in the upper
power supply bay. Purchase the additional fans through normal channels.

Peg inside
drive bay

Notch on
carrier
handle

Carrier handle

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